Amorphous Refined Sugar
----------------. 1977. Amorphous sugar is little known outside Brazil, where about 1.5 million tons are produced annually, 31 percent of all sugars consumed for household and industrial use. The color of amorphous equals that of refined sugar, while the ash, invert, moisture, crystal form, angle of repose and apparent density differ. The production…
Xylitol A Specialty Sweetener
Jaffe, G.M. 1978. The xylitol of commerce today is manufactured from xylose extracted from the xylan fraction of the hemicelluloses of forests and agricultural products. Its sweetness and caloric content are equal to sucrose and is twice as sweet as sorbitol and almost three times as sweet as mannitol. Xylitol – A Specialty Sweetener. Sugar y…
Use of Ion Exchange in Cane Sugar Processing
Pollio, F.X. and McGarvey, F.X. 1978. The article develops the technical information required for a successful juice decalcification process and provides new data on the decolorization of refinery liquors by anion-exchange resins. Use of Ion Exchange in Cane Sugar Processing. Sugar y Azucar, May 1978:63-75.
The Industrial Uses of Bagasse and its Fuel Value as compared to Fossil Fuels
Dr. Atchison, J.E. 1978. Sound and logical methods have been developed between the sugar mills and the pulp mills for establishing the basic purchase price of bagasse, based essentially on its fuel replacement value plus a small premium. The Industrial Uses of Bagasse and its Fuel Value as…
The Development of Cane Wash Water Treatment Systems in Hawaii
Engel, L. 1978. After passing the wash water through a drag-type trash screen to remove trashy material, cane stalks and solid particles are about one quarter inch in size, further pretreatment is used to reduce the solids loading. In view of the volcanic types of soil, pretreatment Dorrclone units are considered…