Sugar Refining Handbook: A Practical Guide to Clarification, Filtration, Evaporation, Crystallization, and Drying - Couverture souple

L. Hartwell, Marcus

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798162295747

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Producing refined sugar involves far more than removing impurities from raw sugar. Every stage, from raw material inspection to final drying and storage, requires careful process control, sound engineering decisions, and consistent attention to product quality.

This book provides a detailed, practical manual to the major operations, equipment, calculations, and quality systems involved in industrial sugar refining. Whether you work in production, process engineering, quality control, maintenance, or technical education, this book helps connect the underlying principles with the decisions made in refinery operations.

Inside this handbook, you will learn how to:

• Understand the refining process from raw sugar intake to finished refined sugar.

• Evaluate raw sugar quality using measurements such as Pol, Brix, moisture, ash, and ICUMSA colour.

• Understand clarification, filtration, and decolorization methods used to remove impurities.

• Examine evaporation and crystallization principles that influence concentration, crystal growth, and sugar recovery.

• Understand centrifugal separation, drying, cooling, and storage conditions that affect finished product quality.

• Apply mass and energy balance calculations to refinery operations.

• Interpret process measurements and control concepts used in modern industrial plants.

• Explore quality assurance, food safety practices, maintenance strategies, and troubleshooting methods.

This book is written for plant operators, process engineers, quality control technicians, refinery supervisors, maintenance personnel, and students entering the sugar processing industry, this handbook serves as both a learning resource and a technical reference. If you want to build a clearer understanding of sugar refining operations and the engineering principles behind them, this book offers a structured place to begin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798162295747
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 399
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.es/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg