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Record Nr.

UNINA9910676519403321

Autore

Asadi Mosen

Titolo

Beet-sugar handbook [[electronic resource] /] / Mosen Asadi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2007

ISBN

1-280-72230-4

9786610722303

0-471-79099-0

0-471-79098-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (884 p.)

Disciplina

664.123

664/.123

Soggetti

Beet sugar

Beet sugar industry

Sugar - Manufacture and refining

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 803-806) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Beet-Sugar Handbook; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Basics of Beet-Sugar Technology; Section 1 Sugar; Section 2 Beet-Sugar Factory; Section 3 Sugar Terminology; Section 4 Sucrose Properties; Section 5 Carbohydrates; Chapter 2 Sugarbeet Farming; Chapter 3 Sugarbeet Processing; Section 1 Beet Receiving and Storage; Section 2 Beet Drycleaning; Section 3 Beet Conveying and Fluming; Section 4 Stone and Trash Separation; Section 5 Beet Washing and Flume-Water Treatment; Section 6 Beet Slicing; Section 7 Juice Diffusion; Section 8 Pulp Treatment

Section 9 Milk-of-Lime and Carbonation-Gas ProductionSection 10 Juice Purification; Section 11 Sedimentation and Filtration; Section 12 Steam and Power Production; Section 13 Juice Evaporation; Section 14 Juice Decolorization and Sulfitation; Section 15 Juice Storage; Section 16 Syrup Crystallization; Section 17 Molasses Exhaustion; Section 18 Massecuite Centrifuging; Section 19 Sugar Drying, Storing, and Packing; Section 20 Production of Specialty Sugars; Chapter 4 Quality Control; Chapter 5 Ion-Exchange Resin; Chapter 6 Juice-Softening Process; Chapter 7 Molasses-Softening Process



Chapter 8 Molasses-Desugaring ProcessChapter 9 Refining Raw Cane Sugar in a Beet-Sugar Factory; Chapter 10 Environmental Concerns of a Beet-Sugar Factory; Chapter 11 Sugar Laboratory and Methods of Analysis; Section 1 Laboratory Organization; Section 2 Laboratory Analytical Instruments; Section 3 Laboratory Reagents; Section 4 Beet-End Methods of Analysis; Section 5 Sugar-End Methods of Analysis; Section 6 Quality-Control Methods of Analysis; Section 7 Special Methods of Analysis; Section 8 Molasses-Desugaring Methods of Analysis; Section 9 Environmental Methods of Analysis

Section 10 Laboratory Safety and First AidChapter 12 Basics of Science Related to Sugar Technology; Section 1 Basics of Chemistry; Section 2 Basics of Mathematics and Statistics; Appendix; Tables; References; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first all-in-one reference for the beet-sugar industryBeet-Sugar Handbook is a practical and concise reference for technologists, chemists, farmers, and research personnel involved with the beet-sugar industry. It covers:* Basics of beet-sugar technology* Sugarbeet farming* Sugarbeet processing* Laboratory methods of analysisThe book also includes technologies that improve the operation and profitability of the beet-sugar factories, such as:* Juice-softening process* Molasses-softening process* Molasses-desugaring process* Refining cane-r