Three and half massecuite boiling material balance calculation |Sugar Tech

Sugar Industry Three and half massecuite boiling scheme material balance 

Planitation white sugar  industry process three massecuite boiling scheme is not giving lower purity of C massecuite and final molasses. In three massecuite boiling scheme also difficult to getting maximum ” M ” size sugar. In this situation it is better to go four massecuite boiling scheme.  But due to installed equipments does not permit to follow four massecuite boiling scheme, then a short alternative of half massecuite either between A and B masscuite or B and C massecuite is followed.  Then the boiling scheme is called as “Three and half massecuite” & the intermediate massecuite is called as A1 or B1 or C1 massecuite depending on it’s graining material used.

Here given one example for three and half massecuite boiling scheme.

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Sugar Factory Material Balance Calculation for 3 m/c Boiling

Take one example for the three and half massecuite boiling scheme calculation:

Collect the following data from lab analysis

Calculate the syrup solids from the below formulas.

1. Solids in syrup%cane = Solids in Clear juice % cane.

2. Solids in Clear juice % cane = Brix in clear juice x Clear juice % cane.

3. Brix in Clear juice = Pol in clear juice / Purity in clear juice.

4. Purity in clear juice = Calculate by the laboratory method.

5. Pol in clear juice = Pol in Mixed juice % cane – Pol in filter cake % cane.

Material Name Brix Purity
SYRUP 56.00 85.00
A m/c 92.00 90.00
A1 m/c 93.00 80.00
B m/c 95.00 72.00
C m/c 99.00 56.00
AH 80.00 76.00
AL 75.00 91.00
A1H 77.00 65.00
BH 85.00 51.00
CL 78.00 65.00
White Sugar 100.00
A1 sugar 99 98.00
B sugar 96.00 94.00
CFW 93.00 80.00
CAW 95.00 93.00
FM 88.00 30.00
AFW 99.40

Step 1 : Find the Solids in Sugar and Final molasses.

100.00 Sugar 85 – 32 = 53.00
Syrup 85.00
32.00 FM 100 – 85 = 15.00
68.00

If syrup solids divided into 68 parts , 53 solids will be in sugar and 15  solids will be in final molasses.

Solids in Unknown 1 = ( Parts of Unknown 1 / Parts of known fraction ) x Solids in known fraction.

Solids \ in \ sugar = \frac{ Parts \ in \ sugar}{Parts \ in \ syrup} \times \ Solids \ in \ syrup

Final sugar solids (Solids in sugar) = (53 x 15)/68 = 11.69.

Solids in FM= Solids in syrup – Solids in sugar =15 – 11.69= 3.31.

Step 2 : Find the Solids in C massecuite and CFW( C Fore Worker).

80.00 CFW 24.00
C m/c 56.00
32.00 FM 24.00
48.00

Solids in C m/c  = (48 /24) x 3.31 = 6.62

Solids in CFW = Solids in C m/c  – Solids in Final Molasses  = 6.62 – 3.31 = 3.31.

Step 3 : Find the Solids in C Light and CAW( C After Worker).

93.00 CAW 15.00
CFW 80.00
65.00 CL 13.00
28.00

Solids in CAW  = ( 15/ 28) x 3.31 = 1.77

Solids in C Light  = Solids in CFW  – Solids in CAW  = 3.31 – 1.77 = 1.54.

Step 4 : Find the Solids  from B Heavy for C m/c boiling and solids from A1 heavy for C m/c Boiling.

C M/C boiling with A1H , BH and CL.

Here we know only CL. So Take (A1H + BH ) imaginary mixture for C m/c boiling.

Solids in A1H + BH = Solids in C m/c – Solids in CL = 6.62 – 1.54 = 5.08

[ C m/c solids  x  C m/c pty ] = [ (A1H+BH) solids x (A1H+BH) pty ] + [  CL solids x  CL pty ]

Imaginary mixer (A1H+BH) Purity ={ [ C m/c solids  x  C m/c pty ]  – [  CL solids x  CL pty ] } / (A1H+BH) solids.

Imaginary mixer (AH+BH) Purity = { [ 56 x 6.62 ] – [ 65 x  1.54] } / 5.08 = 53.28.

65.00 A1H 2.28
A1H+BH 53.28
51.00 BH 11.72
14.00

Solids in B Heavy  for C boiling = ( 11.72 / 14) x 5.08 = 4.25

Solids from A1H for C boiling = 5.08 – 4.25 = 0.83.

Step 5 : Find the Solids in B m/c and B sugar.

94.00 B sugar 21.00
B m/c 72.00
51.00 BH 22.00
43.00

Solids in B m/c  = ( 43/ 22) x 4.25 = 8.31

Solids in B Sugar = Solids in B m/c  – Solids in BH  = 8.31 – 4.25 = 4.06.

Step 6 : Find the Solids in A1H and AH for B m/c .

65.00 A1H 4.00
B m/c 72.00
76.00 AH 7.00
11.00

Solids in A Heavy  for B m/c  boiling = (7/11) x 8.31 = 5.29

Solids in A1H for B m/c  boiling = 8.31 – 5.29 = 3.02.

Total solids in A1 H = Solids in A1H for B m/c + solids in A1H for C m/c = 3.02 + 0.83  =3.85.

Step 7 : Find the Solids in A1 m/c  and A1 sugar.

98.00 A1 sugar 15.00
A1 m/c 80.00
65.00 A1H 18.00
33.00

Solids in A1 m/c  boiling = (33/18) x 3.85 = 7.06

Solids in A1H for B m/c  boiling = 7.06- 3.85 = 3.21.

Step 8 : Find the Solids in AH and Syrup for A1 m/c boiling.

85.00 Syrup 4.00
A1 m/c 80.00
76.00 AH 5.00
9.00

Solids in A Heavy  for A1 m/c  boiling = (5/9) x 7.06 = 3.92

Solids in Syrup for A1 m/c  boiling = 7.06 – 3.92 = 3.14.

Total solids in AH = Solids in AH for A1 m/c + solids in AH for B m/c = 3.92 + 5.29 = 9.21.

Step 9 : Find the solids in A m/c and AFW

99.40 AFW 14.00
A m/c 90.00
76.00 AH 9.40
23.40

Solids in A m/c  = (23.4/9.4) x 9.21 = 22.93.

Solids in AFW = Solids in A m/c  – Solids in AH  = 22.93 – 9.21 = 13.72.

Step 10 : Find the solids in Hopper Sugar and A Light.

100.00 Hopper 8.40
AFW 99.40
91.00 AL 0.60
9.00

Solids in Hopper sugar  = (8.4/9) x 13.72 = 12.80.

Solids in AL = Solids in AFW – Solids in Hopper Sugar =  13.72- 12.80 = 0.92

Step 11 : Find the solids in Dry Seed.

Solids in dry seed = Solids in hopper sugar – Solids in bagging sugar =13.72 – 11.69 = 2.03.

Step 12 : A m/c Solid balance. (This step help to cross check the calculation)

Solids Purity Solids x Purity
Syrup  11.86 85.00 1008.3
A1 sugar 3.21 98.00 314.5
Dry Seed 1.12 100 111.6
AL 0.91 91.00 83.2
B Sugar 4.06 94.00 381.7
CAW 1.77 93.00 164.9
Total  22.94 2064.23

Expected A m/c Purity = 2064.23/ 22.94 = 89.98. ( Given A m/c purity is 90. So our calculation having no mistakes)

Step 13  : Calculate all material % cane

Material % Cane = Solids in material x 100 / Brix % material

Material Solid% Brix% %Cane
SYRUP 15.00 56.00 26.79
A m/c 22.94 92.00 24.93
A1 m/c 7.06 93.00 7.59
B m/c 8.32 95.00 8.75
C m/c 6.62 99.00 6.68
AH 9.21 80.00 11.52
A1H 3.85 77.00 5.00
AL 0.91 75.00 1.22
BH 4.25 85.00 5.00
CL 1.54 78.00 1.97
A1 Sugar 3.21 99.00 3.24
B sugar 4.06 96.00 4.23
CFW 3.31 93.00 3.56
CAW 1.77 95.00 1.87
FM 3.31 88.00 3.76

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    Revansidha.K.patane

    (November 18, 2017 - 8:46 am)

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      siva alluri

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    MANDHATA PATEL

    (November 20, 2017 - 4:35 am)

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      ALOK KUMAR DWIVEDI

      (November 21, 2017 - 7:35 am)

      You have written so beautifully but it will not follow in up region as I calculated

        siva alluri

        (November 21, 2017 - 8:20 am)

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        suggest the your boiling scheme, what your region follows

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    (December 8, 2017 - 1:19 am)

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      (January 23, 2018 - 5:47 pm)

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    Vijaykumar Dure

    (March 25, 2018 - 8:46 am)

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    (April 12, 2018 - 4:34 pm)

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    Javier Ibáñez

    (April 12, 2018 - 4:37 pm)

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      (April 16, 2018 - 1:24 pm)

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    Yibeltal tesfa

    (April 18, 2018 - 8:19 am)

    Wow I am very impressive on your notes, but I have a question for u I am not understand on the difference b/n three and half boiling and four boiling scheme based on there operational system

      siva alluri

      (April 19, 2018 - 3:38 pm)

      Thank you Mr.Yibeltal tesfa
      The main difference between 3 1/2 & 4 m/c boiling scheme is
      The entire molasses diverted to next massecuite without deviation upto end ( it may take little bit high purity material for purity balance )
      I.e Syrup to A m/c → A Heavy molasses to B m/c → B molasses to C m/c → C molasses to D m/c Then it is called 4 massecuite boiling
      For purity balance purpose (FM purity) or crystal size purpose or quality purpose some times introduces one massecuite boiling in-between two massecuites with partial quantity molasses
      I.e suppose B2 m/c introduced in-between A and B massecuites then
      AH diverted to B2 m/c as per requirement purity and remaining AH diverted to B m/c. So the complete AH molasses not diverted to B2 m/c
      So it is called 3 1/2 massecuite.

        Vilas patil

        (August 15, 2021 - 12:02 pm)

        Thanks sir very very nice information

    UDAI VEER

    (August 12, 2018 - 12:57 am)

    Thks to all 9480137343

    Ram veer

    (October 23, 2019 - 3:48 am)

    3 and half m/c boiling me c1 m/c banane ke liye material balance method bataye sir

    manoj kumar gupta

    (October 31, 2019 - 5:18 am)

    I want sugar refinery solid and water balance if you can provide.

    S K Mishra

    (November 18, 2019 - 6:31 am)

    R/sir,
    Can u provide colour balance of plantation white sugar process from cane to final sugar with reduction percentage along with sugar colour methods. Regards

    Surendra Singh

    (February 12, 2020 - 8:28 am)

    Thanks dear for important knowledge,
    Dear sir,
    I want solid balance in that condition While we divert 50% quantity of BH molasses to distillery, then
    Recovery loss = ?
    Decreased C-m/C quantity =?
    Losses =?

    Atul Krishna Jadhav

    (September 10, 2020 - 6:15 am)

    Please publish S/V Calculation for A/B/C Conti.pan
    Also Evaporation Rate calculation for Pans

    Aniket Bhave

    (October 1, 2020 - 8:47 am)

    Dear Sir,

    Please provide colour balance from mixed juice to final sugar with reduction percentage along for double sulphitation process for production of plantation white sugar.

    M.Homsie

    (December 5, 2020 - 7:14 am)

    Can I get a good method in which I can regulate the use of steam in crystalization processes?

    belekar pramod

    (September 20, 2023 - 5:19 am)

    Dear sir,
    pl.provide two massecuite boiling solid balance( all B-Heavy molasses diversion to distillery ) with colour balance.

    Shakeel Sarwar

    (November 29, 2023 - 6:49 am)

    Very fine knowledge

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