Handbook of Sugar Refining : A Manual for the Design and Operation of Sugar Refining Facilities

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,

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors

Part 1 : Introduction to Sugar Refining
Chapter 1 : Glossary of Terms and Definitions
Chapter 2 : Sugar Refining Processes and Equipment
Chapter 3 : Automation in a Raw Sugar Factory
Chapter 4 : Raw Sugar Storage and Handling

Part 2 : Refining Process and Operations
Chapter 5 : Affination
Chapter 6 : Phosphatation for Turbidity and Color Removal
Chapter 7 : Carbonation for Turbidity and Color Removal
Chapter 8 : Granular Carbon Decolorization System
Chapter 9 : Pulsed-Bed Moving-Granular Activated Carbon System
Chapter 10 : Ion-Exchange Resin Process for Color and Ash Removal
Chapter 11 : Filtration Processes
Chapter 12 : Evaporation Theory and Practices
Chapter 13 : White Sugar Boiling and Crystallization
Chapter 14 : Centrifugation Operation
Chapter 15 : Refined Sugar Drying, Conditioning, and Storage
Chapter 16 : Pacakaging, warehousing, and Shipping of Refined Products
Chapter 17 : Remelt and Recovery House Operations
Chapter 18 : Application of Membrane Technology in Sugar Manufacturing

Part 3 : Refinery Design and Process Control
Chapter 19 : Refining Design Criteria
Chapter 20 : Process Selection
Chapter 21 : Instrumentation for Process Control
Chapter 22 : Operational Computers
Chapter 23 : Automation of a Sugar Refinery
Chapter 24 : Integration of Raw and Refined Sugar Operations
Chapter 25 : Off-Crop Sugar Refining for a Back-End Refinery
Chapter 26 : Energy Conservation for Sugar Refining
Chapter 27 : Technical Control of Sucrose Loss
Chapter 28 : Microbiological Control in Sugar Manufacturing and Refining
Chapter 29 : Refinery Maintenance Program
Chapter 30 : Environmental Quality Assurance

Part 4 : Specialty Sugar Products
Chapter 31 : Brown or Soft Sugar
Chapter 32 : Areado Soft Sugar Process
Chapter 33 : Liquid Sugar Production
Chapter 34 : Microcrystalline Sugar

Part 5 : Chemistry of Sugar Refining
Chapter 35 : Refining Quality of Raw Sugar
Chapter 36 : Nonsugars and Sugar Refining
Chapter 37 : Analysis of Sugar and Molasses

Appendix : Reference Tables
About the Editor/Author
Index