The sugar sales executive looks at the future of the beet sugar industry

1968 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-30
Author(s):  
B. A. Oxnard
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Industry ◽  
Beet Sugar ◽  
The Future

The beet sugar factory of the future

2021 ◽  
pp. 391-405
Author(s):  
Jan Maarten de Bruijn
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Industry ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Continuous Process Improvement ◽  
Sugar Factory ◽  
Innovative Process ◽  
Beet Sugar ◽  
The Future ◽  
Sugar Market ◽  
Factory Of The Future ◽  
The Cost

The beet sugar industry is facing several challenges for the future. The climate change is requiring a transition from the traditional fossil fuel to a greenhouse gas neutral energy source. The available possibilities for this purpose will be outlined in this paper. The recent EU sugar market reform has markedly increased the competition between sugar companies and the resulting lower sugar price has a significant impact on the profit margin of sugar production. In order to keep up with these challenges it is key to make an appropriate use of the available opportunities to improve the cost-efficiency of sugar beet processing. The different means to advance the sugar business are better asset utilization, continuous process improvement, introducing innovative process technologies and further developing a sugar factory into a biorefinery with a further valorisation of (co-)products and wherein synergy is obtained between different on-site process operations. Why and how these different available tools can improve the competitiveness of sugar factories will be discussed in detail. A proper combination and choice of the suggested changes and opportunities will enable sugar factories to get prepared for the future.

The fate of formaldehyde in sugar manufacture and in products

2015 ◽  
pp. 692-696
Author(s):  
Remi Aubry ◽  
Laurence Gasnot
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Industry ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Microbial Populations ◽  
Optimal Dosage ◽  
Consumer Health ◽  
Microbiological Activity ◽  
Specific Process ◽  
Beet Sugar ◽  
Series Of Experiments

A study was carried out in six beet sugar factories in France during the 2012/13 sugar campaign. The objective was to assess the optimal dosage of formaldehyde solutions at specific process stages and in different existing factory set-ups in order to obtain the desired effect on microbial populations, without interference with the quality of the products. In addition harmlessness regarding consumer health was to be demonstrated. A series of experiments was conducted resulting in new data allowing refreshment of common knowledge and references existing regarding the use of formaldehyde solutions in the sugar industry. The effectiveness and convenience for controlling microbiological activity in beet sugar manufacture was assessed. Formaldehyde reduces sugar losses and protects in-process products without harming their further use, such as for ethanol production.

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