| 摘要 |
<p>The invention provides a method of clarifying cane juice, said method including precipitation and filtration of mud solids directly in a sugarcane diffuser thereby avoiding the need for a settling clarifier, said method including the manipulation of a cane bed of the sugarcane diffuser wherein said sugarcane diffuser has a co-current portion, the method including the addition of precipitating agents to the juice in the diffuser. The invention extends to a process for modifying a conventional sugarcane diffuser to improve the quality juice obtained from the diffuser by reconfiguring the diffuser to inclide a co-current section and adding manipulation means for manipulating the cane bed.</p> |
