INTERNATIONAL SUGAR JOURNAL
VOL. 101, NO. 1201, JANUARY 1999
Contents
18 News and Views / Noticias y opiniones / Nouvelles et opinions
96 Meetings' Reunioaes/Reunions
106 ICUMSA News / Noticias de ICUMSA / Nouvelles d'ICUMSA
XXIII ISSCT Congress Guide
6 Message of welcome
7 Congress organising committee
10 Themes of papers and symposia
11 List of papers to be presented
(Delegates to the Congress will find abstracts to the papers and posters in the flap at the back
of the journal)
XXIII ISSCT Pro-Congress Tour Sites
56 Daurala Sugar Works
ByB.Dhar
61 Vasantdada Sugar Institute
By V. P. Pane
66 The cooperative sector: Ajinkyatara and Bhima mills
67 Coimbatore Sugarcane Breeding Institute
By B. K. Tripathi
74 Tamil Nadu Print and Paper Ltd.
By T. V. V. Satyanaryana
81 Sakthi sugar factory
By M. Manickarn
20 Opportunities and challenges for the Indian sugar industry
Les possibilites et les challenges dans l'industrie du sucre indienne
Oportunidades y desaffos que confronta la industria azucarera en India
By S. L. Jain (India)
28 Development of a green cane agriculture system
levolution-d'un systeme deproduction de canne verleg-
El desarrollo de un sistema de producciön de cana en verde
By James H'.Cock et al. (Colombia)
38 Research contributions to productivity
Contributions de-la recherche a la productivite
Contribuciones de la investigacion a" la productividad de la industria del azucar
By G .Bu I lock anä V. Mason (Austral i a)
46 Globalisation: impact on sugar producers and markets
La globalisation: son impact sur les producteurs et ie marche du sucre
Globalizacion: retos y oportunidades para el azucar
By L. Jolly (UK)
Technical Articles
84 Basic sugarcane germplasm in China: collection and description
Le germoplasme basique de la canne a sucre en Chine: rassemblement et description
Germoplasma de la cana de azucar en China: recoleccion y descripcion
By He Shunchang, Yang Qinghui, Xiao Fenghui, Zhang Fachun and He Lilian (China)
99 Integrating a cane diffuser into an existing factory
L'integration d'un diffuseur de cannes dans une sucrerie operationnelle
La integracion de un difusor en un ingenio ya operacional
By Lionel Birkett (UK)
S uppliers' G u ide
110 Product news / Nouvelles commerciales / Noticias comerciales
Classified listings / Rubrique des petites annonces / Directorio
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INTERNATIOHAL SUGAR JOURNAL
Volume 101 Issue No. 1203 March 1999
Contents
154 News and viewsVNouvelles et opinions / Nachrichten
163 On the World-Market-/±e-MaTChedu Sucre /Auf dem Markt 187 Meetings/Reunions/Tagungen"
Technical Articles
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157 Filtration and sedimentation of sugar beet pulp-acidified water mixtures La filtration et la sedimentation des melanges d'eau acidifiee par les pulpes de betterave Filtrierung ^nd Sedimentation der Brei-gesauerten Wassermischungen By Nurhan Arslan (Turkey)
165 Full scale decolourisation trials with ozone Les essais de grand envergure sur la decoloration avec l'ozone Grossangelegte Entfarbungsversuche mit Ozon By M. Moodiey, S. B. Davis and M. Adendorff (S. Africa)
172 Optimisation of energy at BEGHIN/SAY Nantes refinery Programme d'optimisation energetique a la raffinerie Beghin/Say de Nantes Energieoptimierung bei der Raffinerie Beghin/Say Nantes By Michel Mabillot (France)
184 A device for extractor drive synchronization Un dispositif pour la synchronisation des transmissions d'un extracteur Eine Vorrichtung fur Extraktor-getriebene Synchronisierung By J. Grabka, S. Brzezinski, A. Palka (Poland)
Abstracts Section 178 Markets/Les-marches/Die Markte
181 Beet sugar-manufacture Production de sucre de betterave /Rubenzuckererzeugung•
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INTERNATIONAL SUGER JOURNAL
VOL . 101 , NO . 1205 , MAY 1999
238 Sugar Industry Technologists, Inc. - 58th Annual Technical Me
Técnicos de la Industria Azucarera (SIT) - 58 Reunion Anual Técnica
Techniciens de l'industrie Sucrière (SIT) - 58 Réunion Annuelle Technique
Technologen der Zuckerindustrie Inc. - 58. Technische Jahreskonferenz
240 Portugal and the history of sugar
Portugal y la historia del azùcar
Le Portugal et l'histoire du sucre
Portugal und die Geschichte des Zuckers
By Mario de Campos Vidai (Portugal)
285 Abstracts of papers presented at 58th SIT Inc. Annual Meeting
Resumenes de las ponencias de la Reunion SIT
Resumes des communications de la Reunion SIT
Zusammenfassungen der an der 58. SIT Jahreskonferenz prasentierten Referaten
246 Biodegradation of colorants in refinery effluents
Biodegradacion de colorantes en efluentes de refinerlas
La biodégradation des colorants dans les effluents de raffinage
Bioabbau der Farbstoffe im Raffinerieabwasser
By Caria Guimaràes, Luis San Miguel Bento and Manuel Mota (Portugal)
254 Investing in sugar in emerging markets
Invirtiendo en los mercados emergentes del azùcar
Investir dans le sucre aux marchés naissants
nvestieren in Zucker in entstehenden Màrkte
By Tom Harrison, Geoff Tyier and Mike Young (UK)
259 Minimising sugar loss and colour formation in plate évaporât
Reduccion ai minimo de las perdidas de azùcar y formacion de color en los evaporado
Réduire la perte en sucre et la formation de la couleur dans les évaporateurs à pla
Zuckerverlustreduzierung und Farbbildung im EC500 Tellerverdunster
By Bjôm Wilheirnsson (Sweden)
267 Biomass integrated gasifier combined cycle technology
Tecnologia de cicio combinado de gasificador integrado de biomasa
La technologie à cycle combine du gazéifiqueur de biomasse intégré
Kombinierte Zykiustechnologie von Biomass integriertem Gazerzeuger
By Scott Q. Turn (USA)
274 Evaluacion del control de la alimentacion de cana
Evaluating cane feeding control
Evaluation du contrôle de l'alimentation des cannes
Auswertung der Rohrspeisenkontrolle
Por Luis Felipe Acebes A., César de Prada M. (Espana) y Lazare Gorostiaga (Cubi
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INTERNATIONAL SUGAR JOURNAL
Volume 101, Issue No. 1206, June 1999
Contents
301 CITS Programme / Programme de la CITS
Technical Articles
296 Mixed juice clarification of fresh and freeze deteriorated can
La clarification du jus melange de la canne fraiche et la canne alteree par ie gel
By G. Eggleston, M. A. Clarke and A. B. Pepperman (USA)
302 Pneumatic agitation of high grade massecuite
L'agitation pneumatique de la masse cuite de premier jet
By Robert. M. Stobie (Australia)
308 Electrical conductivity of solid crystalline sugars
La conduct;bilite electrique des sucres crystallises solides
By Mahendra Prasad and Kaman Singh (India)
316 Biomass integrated gasifier combined cycle technology. Par
La technologie a cycle combine du gazeifiqueur de biomasse integre
By Scott Q. Turn (USA)
323 Polysaccharide removal from refined sugar syrup
La suppression des polysaccharides du sirop de sucre ralfine
By M. G. B. Koblitz and Fi. H. Moretti (Brazil)
Feature Articles
313 New generation microwave sugar cube lines
Une nouvelle generation des installations a micro-ondes pour sucre en morceaux
Elba Sales B. V. (The Netherlands)
Abstracts Section
329 Cane sugar manufacture / Production de sucre de canne
330 Cane by-products / Sous-produits de canne
294 Sugar industry news / Nouveiies
326 ICUMSA News / Nouveiies d'ICUMSA
335 Meetings/Reunions
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INTERNATIONAL SUGAR JOURNAL
VOL. 101 , NO. 1207 , 1999
Contents
Technical Articles
340 Beet pulp drying using pressurized superheated steam
By V. Andersson (Denmark)
353 Bagasse-to-xylitol process: preliminary testing
M. Saska, F. Chen (USA) and A. Vatefot (France)
365 Demineralization of sugar cane juice by electrodialysis
By S. K. Thampy, P. K. Narayanan, G. S. Trivedi, D. K. GohH and V. K. Indushekhar (India)
368 Biomass integrated gasifier combined cycle technology. Part III
By Scott Q. Turn (USA)
375 Colorants in molasses reduce ethanol productivity
By P. U.Patil and V. S.Dhamankar (India)
379 Supply solids levels and monohydrate dextrose productivity
By A. F. M. Mahbubar fiahman (Bangladesh) and Fred W. Schenck (USA)
Feature Articles
346 Market update: Far East developments
By C. Pack (UK)
361 UV disinfection in liquid sugar manufacture
By Brian Stother (UK)
338 Sugar industry news
381 Abstracts
387 Meetings
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INTERNATIONAL SUGAR JOURNAL
Vol. 101, No. 1208, AGUST 1999
Technical Articles
394 Reducing energy consumption in beet factories
By Phil Thompson (UK)
401 Enhanced sugarcane mill roll life
By Sander Kroes (Fiji)
411 Comparacion de los tachos continuos verticales (VKT) y batch
PorN. J. Gil, C. 0. Briceno, A. L. Vivas, A. A. RamosyG. Caicedo (Colombia)
418 Modelling cane sugar evaporation and crystallisation
By M. Benne, B. Grondin-Perez, J.-D. Lan-Sun-Luk andJ. -P. Chabriat (France)
423 Chromatography in sucrose recovery and purification
D. Eugene Rearick, Dennis D. Costesso, and Michael M. Kearney (USA)
428 Preparing for cost effective mechanical harvesting
By Jeffery Freyou (USA)
434 Sugarcane improvement in the 21st Century via biotechnology
By Paul H. Moore (USA)
Feature Articles
390 Sugar in the first years of the next millennium
By Lindsay Jolly (UK)
416 Fusion entre Case y New Holland
409 Sugar industry news
439 Abstracts
443 Meetings
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INTERNATIONAL SUGAR JOURNAL
Vol. 101, No. 1209 , September 1999
Technical Articles
447 The real cost of extraneous matter in the Australian industry
By C. J. Men and A. C. McDonafd (Australia)
450 Limitations to cane and sugar production in the field
By Norman Rozeff (U.S.A.)
457 Modelling of evaporation and crystallisation
By M. Benne, R Grondin-Perez. J.-DIan-Sun-Luk and J-.P. Chabnat (France)
464 The reliability of refractometric field Brix measurement
By L D. Mamet (Mauritius)
469 Progress in identifying marker compounds to indicate sugar losses
In sugar industry processes
By G. Eggleston, J, M. Bland, M. A. Clarke and A, B. Pepperman (U.S.A.)
Feature Articles
480 The Mikropul air classifier mill
By Nigef D. Thomas (UK)
482 ICUMSA News
Editor: Rud Fnk Madsen (DenmarK)
446 Sugar industry news
485 Abstracts
491 Meetings
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INTERNATIONAL SUGAR JOURNAL
Vol. 101 , No. 1210 , october 1999
Contents
Technical Articles
494 Purification of raw juice with activated defeco-carbonation deposit
By Jan Grabka and Andrzej Baryga (Poland)
498 NIR measurement of nitrogen content in beet leaves
By E. Dosi, E. Tamburini, S. Tosi, R. Casoni, D. Lunghi and G. Vaccari (Italy)
505 Process performance of high capacity centrifugals
By G. C. Grimwood and P. D. Thompson (UK)
520 Modifications for suspension burning of bagasse
By Pedro Beaton S., Angel Luis Brito S., Agustin Abreu H. and Ramon Benitez S. (Cuba)
523 Experience with a (pilot) rising film plate evaporator and new mist
eliminator in Louisiana
By Willem H. Kampen, Adrian Monge and John Engolio (USA)
Feature Articles
502 World market outlook
By C. Pack (UK)
510 The impact of growth on the US corn wet milling industry
By Fred W. Schenck (USA)
517 Sugar industry news
527 Abstracts
539 Meetings