PROCESSING DECISIONS TO REDUCE MASSECUITE PRODUCTION LOADINGS ON THE PAN AND FUGAL STATIONS

Models to predict the mass flow rates and compositions of the different process streams for the pan and fugal stations have been applied to quantify the effect of several decisions relating to pan and fugal station operation. Such decisions include the purity of the C sugar and the exhaustion of the A and B massecuites. The impact of these decisions on the massecuite quantities is examined for operations at different periods of the season when cane of different composition is processed. Mass flow quantities are reduced for increased exhaustion of the A and B massecuites and for the production of C sugar of higher purity.