Sugar Journal

Evaluation of Post-Freeze Cane Juice Quality
Chen, J.C.P and Chen, J.J.J.  1975.  After several freezes occurred on and after December 16, 1972 invaded the southern part of Louisiana, cane samples were collected from 20 locations. Each sample was analyzed for brix, pol, clerget sucrose, invert, pH, acidity and stalk weight. Comparisons have been made in relation to: time (days…
Economics of Transporting Sugarcane to Mill
Cochran, B.J. and Whitney, R.W.  1975.  Analysis of transport system requires an estimate of the time the transport unit is absent from the field. Two concurrent approaches were used to develop a transport system model. A cane transport system was simulated using IBM General Purpose Simulation System language and a theoretical…
Cane Syrup Storage
Cordovez, F.  1975.  Several Venezuelan sugar mills have found that it is economically justified to produce 70o brix syrup instead of sugar which is trucked to conventional sugar factories for its processing. Syrup mills require less investment, considerably fewer personnel and have a relatively trouble-free operation. The reasons for the adoption of this…
Brix of Muddy Sugarcane Juice
Stewart, W.  1975.  The presence of excessive mud in the juice interferes with the Brix testing by hydrometer. The addition of 600 ppm of Separan AP 30 to muddy sugarcane juice will flocculate the suspended material. The Brix test can then be made by hydrometer speedily and accurately on the supernatant juice. Brix of Muddy Sugarcane Juice. Sugar…
Active Alkalinity of Sugar Factory Juices
Vukov, K.  1975.  The determination of the activity of hydroxyl ions is beset with the same difficulties as the determination of the hydrogen ions. Instead of the exact activity of these ions, one determines the pH values with the help of a conventional pH meter; the pOH is calculated from the ionization constant of water. Active…