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Highlights of the Detailed Energy Audits of PSMAI Member – Sugar Mills
     Quirante, C.A. and Corpuz, F.H. 1993.   Detailed energy audits were conducted by various teams of DOE and SRA engineers for the seventeen (17) member – sugar mills of the Philippine Sugar Millers Association, Inc. (PSMAI) from December 1992 to May 1993. This paper excerpts some of the results from the…
Heavy Equipment Operation and Maintenance Management
     Kiamco, L.C. 1993.   An important step in effective equipment management is in selection and matching of power units or prime movers with machine or implements. Further, the correct selections of manpower to operate and maintain the expensive equipment greatly affect the sustainability of an effective management.…
Factory Coordinator – First Farmers Experience – A New Tool in Directing, Controlling and Coordinating Operation
     Geonanga, R.G. 1993.  Crop year 1992-93 milling operation, First Farmers experienced their own version of factory operation whereby a Factory Coordinator for the night shift was introduced among the Department Heads of the operation group. The most tangible…
Evaluation of Yeast Strains for Biomass Production from Cane Molasses
     Escarilla, Ma. L.T., Logrono, Ma. F.T., et. al. 1993.  The Sugar and Sugar By-Products Research Division of SRA conducted a project on the production of yeast from cane molasses for animal feed. Five yeast strains were found to have significant differences in their capacities to produce biomass from…
Evaluating Transport System by the Economical Distance Concept
     Corpuz, F.H., Ticar, B.C., et.al. 1993.   An existing concept of maximum economical distance was modified to suit the characteristics of the local sugar industry. The extent formula was tested using data from selected sugar mills employing different transport technologies and the average maximum economical…