This book provides a reference work on the design and operation of cane sugar manufacturing facilities. It covers cane sugar decolorization, filtration, evaporation and crystallization, centrifugation, drying, and packaging,

Chung Chi Chou is the author of Handbook of Sugar Refining: A Manual for the Design and Operation of Sugar Refining Facilities, published by Wiley.

Foreword

vii

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

x

Contributors

xi

Part I: Introduction to Sugar Refining

1

(46)

Glossary of Terms and Definitions

3

(8)

Chung Chi Chou

Sugar Refining Process and Equipment

11

(8)

Chung Chi Chou

Automation in a Raw Cane Sugar Factory

19

(14)

Robert J. Kwok

Eddy H. Lam

Raw Sugar Storage and Handling

33

(14)

Hisn Sui Chang

Chung Chi Chou

Part II: Refining Process and Operations

47

(306)

Affination

49

(6)

Thomas N. Pearson

Phosphatation for Turbidity and Color Removal

55

(18)

Richard Riffer

Carbonation for Turbidity and Color Removal

73

(18)

Peter Rein

Granular Carbon Decolorization System

91

(30)

Peter J. Field

H. Paul Benecke

Pulsed-Bed Moving-Granular Activated Carbon System

121

(14)

Ju-Hwa Liang

Ion-Exchange Resin Process for Color and Ash Removal

135

(20)

Denis Bouree

Francois Rousset

Filtration Processes

155

(14)

Chung Chi Chou

Evaporation Theory and Practices

169

(20)

Willem H. Kampen

White Sugar Boiling and Crystallization

189

(14)

Chung Chi Chou

Centrifugation Operation

203

(42)

G. Clive Grimwood

Refined Sugar Drying, Conditioning, and Storage

245

(48)

Dave Meadows

Pacakaging, Warehousing, and Shipping of Refined Products

293

(28)

Jean-Paul Merle

Remelt and Recovery House Operations

321

(14)

Chung Chi Chou

Application of Membrane Technology in Sugar Manufacturing

335

(18)

Michael Saska

Part III: Refinery Design and Process Control

353

(212)

Refining Design Criteria

355

(8)

Chung Chi Chou

Process Selection

363

(16)

Richard Riffer

Instrumentation for Process Control

379

(36)

Walter Simoneaux, Sr.

Operational Computers

415

(12)

Ray Burke

Automation of a Sugar Refinery

427

(18)

Naotsugu Mera

Integration of Raw and Refined Sugar Operations

445

(12)

Stephen J. Clarke

Off-Crop Sugar Refining for a Back-End Refinery

457

(10)

Raoul G. R. E. Lionnet

Energy Conservation for Sugar Refining

467

(24)

Joseph C. Tillman, Jr.

Technical Control of Sucrose Loss

491

(14)

Joseph F. Dowling

Microbiological Control in Sugar Manufacturing and Refining

505

(18)

Donal F. Day

Refinery Maintenance Program

523

(14)

G. Fawcett

Chung Chi Chou

Environmental Quality Assurance

537

(28)

Chung Chi Chou

Part IV: Specialty Sugar Products

565

(40)

Brown or Soft Sugar

567

(12)

John C. Thompson

Areado Soft sugar Process

579

(8)

Luis San Miguel Bento

Francisco Carlos Bartolo

Liquid Sugar Production

587

(10)

Leon Anhaiser

Microcrystalline Sugar

597

(8)

Chung Chi Chou

Part V: Chemistry of Sugar Refining

605

(82)

Refining Quality of Raw Sugar

607

(20)

Stephen J. Clarke

Nonsugars and Sugar Refining

627

(34)

Richard Riffer

Analysis of Sugar and Molasses

661

(26)

Walter Altenburg

Appendix: References Tables

687

(54)

About the Editor/Author

741

(2)

Index

743

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