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Maintenance Strategies Concepts and Systems
     Naegeli. P. 1991. With the increasing high-tech equipment and computerization, ‘old conventional’ maintenance concepts and systems are outmoded and therefore will have to be adapted to the new plant requirements. Since new equipments are costly, breakdowns must be eliminated, stoppages minimized, but the equipment still must get…
Filtrate Clarification – Two Technologies
     Casey, J.A. 1991.  Two technologies are now in commercial practice which clarify filtrate, boosting clarifier capacity with superior juice quality and enabling factories to maintain grinding capacity through bad weather conditions – the Prefloc Rapid (PER) Filtrate Clarification Using Two Polymers and the Floatation Clarification…
Energy Conservation in Sugar Mills
     Aguilar, P.S. and Hernia, G.R. 1991.  This paper discusses industrial energy conservation in sugar and related industries from good housekeeping measures to recovery measures. It is hope that this presentation would help the energy sector and all those concerned to implement these valuable measures to make the industry more profitable…
Distillery Pollution Abatement and Control (Asian Alcohol Corporation Experience)
     Aldon, N.T. 1991.   Asian Alcohol Corporation had embarked on R and D Programs and Feasibility Studies for the improvement of its present Wastewater Treatment System. Some of these projects are: Cane Juice Project- utilizing cane juice for alcohol production, Raw Sugar Fermentation and Slops…
Dextran in Sugar Factories: Occurrence and Control
     Clarke, M.A. 1991.  The occurrence and causes of dextran formation in sugarcane fields and factories are reviewed. Problems caused by dextran and methods of analysis for dextran with their various advantages and disadvantages, are discussed. Control mechanisms for field use, cane transport and storage including…