sugar Study of some factors affecting colour at Elguneid sugar factory

  • Kamal Suleiman Institute of Sugar
  • H. Elnur K. Abu Sabah University of Gezira.
  • Ghadeir M. Awad Elseed Department of Science and Technology, University of Gezira.

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to investigate the parameters which affect colour formation and influence the sugar quality in addition to that is to find technical solution to improve commercial sugar colour.
All experiments of this research study were conducted in Elguneid Sugar Company by taking samples from different manufacturing stages during 2002–2003 production season.
The values for turbidity, colour, pH, purity, refractometric dry substances (RDS%), colour transfer factor, reducing sugars (RS%) and conductivity ash were studied. The results obtained were compared with the interna-tionally accepted standards. The reducing sugars were found to be 0.87%, where the international value represented 0.04%. This increase in RS% may be due to a drop in exhaust steam pressure, which leads to long boiling periods, and the result was sucrose inversion.

Author Biography

Kamal Suleiman, Institute of Sugar

 

Published
2018-06-28
How to Cite
SULEIMAN, Kamal; K. ABU SABAH, H. Elnur; AWAD ELSEED, Ghadeir M.. sugar Study of some factors affecting colour at Elguneid sugar factory. Gezira Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, [S.l.], v. 2, n. 1, june 2018. ISSN 1858-5698. Available at: <http://37.60.236.48/index.php/gjeas/article/view/461>. Date accessed: 03 june 2026.
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