Sugar News

Steam Cleaning Flushed Dirt Away
Dayton, A.E.  1963.  Development of a low cost steam cleaner, which can be used in any facility having a high-pressure steam supply, is bringing about major changes in worldwide plant cleaning methods. The article deals primarily with the steam line-connected cleaner. Steam Cleaning Flushed Dirt Away. Sugar News 39:722-724.
Salt Inclusion in the Sucrose Crystal
Moritsugu, T. and Onna, K.  1963.  The amount of potassium chloride within the sucrose crystal was found to increase with the concentration of the salt in the syrup from which the sucrose was crystallized. In order to minimize the rate effect, sucrose solutions containing various percentages of potassium chloride with similar rates of…
Feasibility Study for Continuous Sugarcane Diffusers
Schaffer, F.C. and Huckeba, T.H.  1963.  It has long been known that sugar is soluble in water and could be extracted from sugarcane by solvent extraction or diffusion and that the use of diffusion methods could result in extraction efficiencies approaching 100 percent. The apparatus now exist so that continuous counter-…
Composting Sugarcane Bagasse the Quicker and Better Way
Reyes, G.M.  1963.  The procedure for composting sugarcane bagasse is described under San Miguel, Tarlac conditions. A preliminary report showing the results and illustrations, together with fresh samples of the finished product was presented. Composting Sugarcane Bagasse the Quicker and Better Way. Sugar News 39:705-708.
Composition of Sugarcane Mill Juice
Martin, L.F.  1964.  Presented in the article is the catalog of known constituents and extend knowledge of the total composition of mill juice which is the raw material from which raw sugar is produced. This is the dominant theme on the program of research on sugarcane by the Southern Regional Laboratory. Composition of Sugarcane Mill Juice…