Best steam economy option for Raw Juice Heating in sugar industry

 Good Approach for Getting Raw Juice Temperature In the View of Energy Saving Concept

Raw juice temperature raised upto 70 to 75^oC is the 1st step in Sugar processing. For obtaining this temperature follows two to three stages heating with different types of heaters like tubular heater, direct contact heaters and plate type heater by using different heating media. In this article discussed best approach for raw juice heating.

Use of vapour line juice heater for raw juice 1^st   stage heating with lost evaporator  body vapour

a) In the concept of waste heat recovery,  from vapour line juice heater is the one of the most impartent equipment. Here raw juice can heat upto 45 to 55^oC .

b) In vapour line juice heater heat transfer coefficient is very high when compare to dead end type juice heater due to its dynamic vapour effect.

c) Provide one valve or damper arrangement with auto control system in-between VLJH and condenser is also benefit to achieve good temperature approach. ( easy perceive for this concept think about –  consider 5^th body calendria, here provide NCG lines only for vacuum creation means total 4^th vapour condensed in 5^th calendria and remaining uncondensable gases removed purpose we provide pipe lines )

d) While maintained 5^th body temperature by using condenser automation, it will helpful to constant maintaining of syrup brix and getting maximum  temperature of raw juice in VLJH. And also helpful to reduce load on condenser.

Raw juice heating by  Condensate heater for  2^nd stage.

a) The condensate temperature getting upto 80^oC after the flash cigar system but our process hot water requirement in-between 60 to 65^o. So this excess heat energy used for heating the raw juice 2^nd heating.

b) Generally horizontal type juice heaters are used for this heating, here raw juice temperature rise upto 10 to 15^oC

c) In the condensate heaters design criteria Duplex type heater design is one of the most efficient type heaters. In the duplex design heat transfer coefficient is very high when compare to normal horizontal type heaters. So in duplex design heating surface requirement is less when compare to other type of tubular heaters.

d) In Duplex heater design flexibility is very high for installing standby heaters and also increasing its capacity. ( i.e with less investment we can provide standby heaters and for existing  heater we can easily  increasing the heating surface )

Use Tubular heater with dynamic effect on 4^th vapour for raw juice final heating.

a) Generally dead end and dynamic type tubular heaters are used in sugar industry. In the dynamic effect the  heat transfer coefficient is high when compare to dead end type heater and also getting the temperature approach in dynamic effect upto 5 to 6^oC. So that 4^th vapour is sufficient for getting raw juice final temperature.

b) When compare Direct Contact heater(DCH) & tubular heater for final raw juice heating with same vapour bleeding, tubular is one of the good option regarding to steam economy because while using  DCH getting the extra condensate load on evaporator set.

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