蔗糖廠
蔗糖廠(sugar cane mill),是用甘蔗製造砂糖或白糖的工廠。現代化的蔗糖廠內部擁有一連串的機器設備,用來壓榨甘蔗,並以榨出的蔗汁製糖。
製程
用甘蔗製造砂糖有一連串的程序:
- 收取甘蔗並卸貨
- 甘蔗準備(切成條狀)
- 榨汁
- 除去雜質
- 煮汁
- 結晶
- 分離結晶糖與蔗汁(使用離心機)
- 烘乾
- 包裝出貨
參考資料
- Rein, P.W. A Comparison of Cane Diffusion and Milling. Proceedings of The South African Sugar Technologists' Association. 1995.
- Kelly, P. S.; Porter, R. G., Operation of the Inkerman Diffuser, Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 1978
- Oates, J. A. H. Lime and Limestone: Chemistry and Technology, Production and Uses. John Wiley & Sons. 2008. ISBN 978-3-527-61201-7.