SugarProTech Facts

Jan Maarten de Bruijn: 30 years of experience, first as researcher at CSM in the Netherlands under the guidance of Pieter van der Poel, and later at British Sugar and Südzucker.

The “SugarProTech Facts” series gives an over­view of critical points in beet sugar manufacture. The articles are written by the well-known sugar technologist and former President of the ESST Scientific Committee Jan Maarten de Bruijn. The objective is to develop practical guides for sugar scientists/technologists concerning common sugar technology issues they usually face in beet sugar processing. The guides will include theoretical background and practical implications with regard to (physico-)chemical process issues, as well as recommendations for process improvements and control. Articles published so far:

Articles published so far:

• Impact of beet quality on sugar manufacture
  • Part 1. General considerations of the technological beet quality
  • Part 2. Impact of invert sugar on beet processing
• Technological aspects of the beet yard operation
• Lime salts: origin and control in beet processing
• Scale characteristics and removal
• Sugar hydrolysis and colour formation in processing
• Ensilage of pressed beet pulp
• Technical accounting: sugar extraction and losses
• Processing deteriorated beet. Part 1: Indicative and quantitative analysis of the degree of deterioration
• Processing deteriorated beet. Part 2: Preventive and process measures
• Key performance indicators and set-points in sugar beet processing
• The beet sugar factory of the future
• Chemistry and microbiology in sugar extraction
• Principles of juice purification
• Filtration principles and troubleshooting
• Thermostability of thin juice