Minimize Sucrose Losses in Mud Filtration
Kampen, W.H., Tan, Q., et.al. 1999. An ~8,000 TCD Louisiana factory with filter cake having a pol of 6.02 was unnecessarily losing sucrose. The rotary Vacuum drum filter (RVDF) operation at this factory was improved significantly and a survey of all Louisiana RVDF operations and pol losses in filter cake was held in 1997. The company…
Dry Cane Cleaning - The Mauritius Experience
Raymond Rivalland, J.F. 1999. An industrial-size pilot Dry Cleaning Plant (DCCP) financed by World Bank for the dry, pneumatic separation of cane trash from cane milling has been built at Union Saint Aublin. Trials during the 1997 and 1998 crop seasons indicate that separation is effective and that the plant may handle cane…