INTERNATIONAL SUGAR JOURNAL 2012, VOL. 114, NO. 1368

BMA - Oscillating vertical cooling crystallisers (OVC) in cane sugar factories: Return on investment after just one year

In order to achieve optimum crystal yields, sugar factories have to use cooling crystallisers for low-grade massecuite. However a number of basic conditions have to be fulfilled for excellent crystallisation results and, therefore, a high crystal content in the massecuite.
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Reprint from Vol.,137 (2012) No. 8, 518–522

Applications for drying and cooling sugar in respect of specific needs and ambient conditions*

by Hartmut Hafemann, Henning Griebel

BMA develops and builds equipment for drying and cooling sugar since quite a number of decades. The following products came out of this long period like the drum dryer/cooler and horizontal fluidised bed cooler. The latest application is BMA’s vertical fluidised bed cooler, type VFC, which has been installed and successfully been taken into operation e.g. at Imperial Sugar, Savannah USA. This paper focuses on the importance of taking into account the individual requirements and specific ambient conditions to adequately choose the drying and cooling equipment.
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