Advantages
Process Simplification
Losses Reduction
Sugar Quality
Molasses Quality
Environment Friendly
Recovery of Sugar
Process Simplification
- No Sulphitation
- Reduced lime consumption
- Scaling in Evaporators is reduced due to lower Inorganics loading, leading to :
:: reduced down time
:: steady crush rate
:: steady steam consumption - Injection water pH does not reduce
- Lower Retention times at all stations
- Corrosion decreases drastically thus requiring lower maintenance
Losses Reduction
- Inversion losses due to low pH eliminated.
- Entire process works at pH>6.4
- Lower Retention times reduce losses
- Lower Non-Sugars ensure lower sugar losses
Sugar Quality
- Purer massecuites give flexibility in grain size / colour of sugar
- Bold grain sugar can be easily produced
- Consistent quality even when juices are of low purity
- No Deterioration on storage
- Low Suspended Matter /Ash/Turbidity make sugar attractive for Industrial users (PEPSI / COKE / NESTLE, etc.)
- Nil SO2
- Sugar quality of EU I & EU II grade
Molasses Quality
- Nil SO2 desirable for Alcohol production
- Nil SO2 preferred for Animal feed
Environment Friendly
- Sulphur fumes are eliminated
- Solids disposal is considerably lower
- Effluent has lower COD/BOD loadings
Recovery of Sugar
- Higher by 0.1 - 0.2% on cane

