Draft Report

IPRO INDUSTRIEPROJEKT GMBH

Client: Spray Engineering Devices
Project: Feasibility study for a new 4.000 t cane/d energy efficient sugar factory
Project-No.: 7071.04

Capacity check of the main equipment in the sugar boiling house

Crushing rate 3.485 t/day

145 t/h
Sugar production 504 t/day

10.00 Capacity of pans

Product Crystal Seed 1 A-Seed massecuite A-massecuite B-Seed massecuite B-Massecuite C-Seed massecuite C-Massecuite
continuous and A Seed reserve continuous continuous

1. Pans
Massecuite flow % o.c. 1,0 7,2 29,0 4,4 13,1 2,4 6,8
mt/h 1,40 10,45 42,04 6,46 18,97 3,50 9,92

Batch/residence time h/batch 4,00 3,00 2,15 4,00 2,50 6,00 4,00
Variation of batch time h/batch 2:00 - 3:00
Necessary pan capacity mt (mt/h) 5,6 31,4 90,4 25,8 47,4 21,0 39,7

Number of pans 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pan capacity (each unit) mt (mt/h) 8 40 120 40 80 40 60
Used pan capacity % 70% 78% 75% 65% 59% 53% 66%

Heating surface (each unit) m² 20 200 650 200 300 200 300
Mass flow steam % o.c. 0,2 2,1 7,0 0,9 2,0 0,5 0,9
t/h 0,22 3,10 10,2 1,3 2,9 0,7 1,3
Steam temperature °C 101,8 101,8 101,8 101,8 101,8 101,8 101,8
Massecuite temperature °C 75,0 66,1 66,4 68,3 68,8 70,2 70,8
dT effective K 26,80 35,70 35,40 33,50 33,00 31,60 31,00
r kJ/kg 2.252 2.252 2.252 2.252 2.252 2.252 2.252
Q KW 138 1.939 6.381 819 1.789 463 826
k-value W/(m² K) 257 272 277 122 181 73 89
k-value typical for cane W/(m² K) 400 380 380 250 250 130 130
Used evaporation capacity % 64% 71% 73% 49% 72% 56% 68%

2. Crystallizers
Retention time h 8,0 5,6 1,5 8,5 6,2 14,5 34,7
Massecuite density kg/l 1,36 1,47 1,47 1,48 1,47 1,49 1,50
Necessary cap. of crystallizers mt 11 58 63 55 118 51 344
m³ 8 39 43 37 80 34 229

1000 + 1200 Capacity boiling house + centrifugals.xlsPans,22.12.2004, Mg

 Draft Report

IPRO INDUSTRIEPROJEKT GMBH

Client: Spray Engineering Devices
Project: Feasibility study for a new 4.000 t cane/d energy efficient sugar factory
Project-No.: 7071.04

Capacity check of the main equipment in the sugar boiling house

Crushing rate 3.485 t/day

145 t/h
Sugar production 504 t/day

12.00 Capacity of centrifugals

Product Quantity of centrifugal Manufacturer Number of Availability Quantity of Capacity of Required number Chosen number Total massecuite Degree of
massecuite type batches per hour factor massecuite centrifugals of centrifugals of centrifugals capacity utilization

mt/h batch/h kg/batch mt/(h*piece) piece piece mt/h %

A 42,04 batch e.g. BMA B 1750 22 0,85 1.750 32,73 2 65,45

0,00
0,00

sum 42,04 32,73 1,3 2 65,45 64

(average) (average)

B
conti e.g. BMA 2300 / / / 19,00 2 38,00

sum 18,97 19,00 1,0 2 38,00 50

(average) (average)

C
conti e.g. BMA 2300 / / / 12,00 1 12,00

9,92 12,00 0,8 1 12,00 83

(average) (average)

C-Affination
conti e.g. BMA … / / / 10,00 1 10,00

sum 5,79 10,00 0,6 1 10,00 58

(average) (average)

TOTAL 76,72 6 125,45 64

1000 + 1200 Capacity boiling house + centrifugals.xlsCentrifugals,22.12.2004, Mg