A filter media for implementation in a sugar purification process that allows for a significant increase in sorbent material while maintaining, and enhancing the decolorization and. hydraulic properties. The filter media incorporates sorbent material, fiber having specific properties that allows for small particle sorbent material without jeopardizing the hydraulic properties of the media, and an electrolyte. The sorbent material is an inorganic, an adsorption, or ion exchange media, or a metal-organic framework. The implementation of this filter media in a sugar purification process eliminates the need for a clarification step during refining while providing for enhanced decolorization and hydraulic properties for fluid flow.

A filter media for implementation in a sugar purification process that allows for a significant increase in sorbent material while maintaining, and enhancing the decolorization and. hydraulic properties. The filter media incorporates sorbent material, fiber having specific properties that allows for small particle sorbent material without jeopardizing the hydraulic properties of the media, and an electrolyte. The sorbent material is an inorganic, an adsorption, or ion exchange media, or a metal-organic framework. The implementation of this filter media in a sugar purification process eliminates the need for a clarification step during refining while providing for enhanced decolorization and hydraulic properties for fluid flow.

Improved processes for extracting water soluble nutrients including sugars from plants and in particular sugar cane. The plants may be washed with a wash solution. After washing, water soluble nutrient containing liquid is extracted from the plants. A diluted wash solution may be added to the crushed plants to improve the extraction of the water soluble nutrients. The wash solution may be added to the liquid collected during the extraction to improve the separation of impurities from the nutrient containing liquid. The extracted liquid may demonstrate at least one of improved purity, improved clarity, improved filtration times, improved whiteness, and improved total recovered water soluble nutrients.

Improved processes for extracting water soluble nutrients including sugars from plants and in particular sugar cane. The plants may be washed with a wash solution. After washing, water soluble nutrient containing liquid is extracted from the plants. A diluted wash solution may be added to the crushed plants to improve the extraction of the water soluble nutrients. The wash solution may be added to the liquid collected during the extraction to improve the separation of impurities from the nutrient containing liquid. The extracted liquid may demonstrate at least one of improved purity, improved clarity, improved filtration times, improved whiteness, and improved total recovered water soluble nutrients.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for crystallizing compound sugar solution of xylose and sucrose, including: introducing a mixed solution of sucrose crystals, xylose crystals and water into a crystallization device, setting a stirring speed in a range of 60 rpm-120 rpm, a temperature in a range of 75? C.-80? C., a vacuum pump pressure in a range of 50 mbar-200 mbar, evaporating the mixed solution until a Brix value of the mixed solution reaches a range of 78 Brix-81 Brix, and stopping the vacuum evaporation, adjusting the temperature to a range of 70? C.-75? C., dropwise adding food-grade isopropanol solution or ethanol solution to the evaporated mixed solution, adding sucrose seed crystals, and continuing stirring to obtain a solution, when small seed crystals grow in the solution, dropping the temperature to a range of 40? C.-60? C. at a rate of 10? C./h, and then stirring for 6 h to obtain the mixed sugar solution; centrifuging and drying at 40? C.-60? C. to obtain a finished product of the compound sugar crystals of the xylose and the sucrose. The obtained finished product has a complete crystal form similar to the sucrose and a sweetness similar to the sucrose and a uniform taste, which meets preferences of the consumers.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for crystallizing compound sugar solution of xylose and sucrose, including: introducing a mixed solution of sucrose crystals, xylose crystals and water into a crystallization device, setting a stirring speed in a range of 60 rpm-120 rpm, a temperature in a range of 75? C.-80? C., a vacuum pump pressure in a range of 50 mbar-200 mbar, evaporating the mixed solution until a Brix value of the mixed solution reaches a range of 78 Brix-81 Brix, and stopping the vacuum evaporation, adjusting the temperature to a range of 70? C.-75? C., dropwise adding food-grade isopropanol solution or ethanol solution to the evaporated mixed solution, adding sucrose seed crystals, and continuing stirring to obtain a solution, when small seed crystals grow in the solution, dropping the temperature to a range of 40? C.-60? C. at a rate of 10? C./h, and then stirring for 6 h to obtain the mixed sugar solution; centrifuging and drying at 40? C.-60? C. to obtain a finished product of the compound sugar crystals of the xylose and the sucrose. The obtained finished product has a complete crystal form similar to the sucrose and a sweetness similar to the sucrose and a uniform taste, which meets preferences of the consumers.

The invention relates to a continuous method for obtaining a crystalline monosaccharide, comprising: continuous crystallization of the monosaccharide in a main crystallizer (10), wherein crystallization by evaporation and/or crystallization by cooling is carried out continuously on a crystal suspension in the main crystallizer in order to allow crystals of the monosaccharide to grow in the crystal suspension; separation of crystals of the monosaccharide out of the crystal suspension to obtain crystalline monosaccharide; continuous formation of a mass of crystallization magma for the main crystallizer (10) in a cascade, wherein the cascade comprises at least one first stage (13) and a final stage (15) connected in series and each stage comprises at least one pre-crystallizer (13A, 15A), wherein, in the at least one pre-crystallizer (13A) of the first stage (13), a solution is seeded with monosaccharide by means of monosaccharide seed crystals in order to obtain a pre-crystallization magma, and a mass of crystallization magma for the downstream stage (14, 15) is formed from the pre-crystallization magma by means of crystallization by cooling and/or crystallization by evaporation, and wherein a solution containing monosaccharide and a mass of crystallization magma from the upstream stage is supplied to the at least one pre-crystallizer (15A, 15B, 15C) of the final stage (15) to obtain a pre-crystallization magma, and in the at least one pre-crystallizer (15A, 15B, 15C) of the final stage (15) a mass of crystallization magma for the main crystallizer (10) is formed from the pre-crystallisation magma by means of crystallization by cooling and/or crystallization by evaporation; the continuous supply of a solution containing the monosaccharide and a mass of crystallization magma from the at least one pre-crystallizer (15A, 15B, 15C) of the final stage (15) of the cascade to the main crystallizer (10) to provide the crystal suspension.

A method for obtaining crystals from a mother solution operates such that mother solution is fed into a crystallisation device. Supersaturation of the mother solution is brought about by open and/or closed-loop control of the temperature (). Seed crystals are added to the mother solution at a seeding point (Sp). The seed crystals are grown as nuclei by continuous closed-loop process control and are finally removed from the method as crystals. They form the product yield. The formation of crystal nuclei in the mother solution is countered by steps in the closed-loop process control. During the closed-loop process control and the crystallisation procedure, the position of the limit (M) of the formation of secondary nuclei is determined using sensors that detect data currently, wherein the position of the limit (M) is established as a value of the concentration (c) and the temperature () from these data. This determined position of the limit (M) of the formation of crystal nuclei is used as the basis for the closed-loop process control of the crystallisation.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for crystallizing compound sugar solution of xylose and sucrose, including: evaporating a mixed solution containing sucrose and xylose to obtain an evaporated mixed solution, adjusting a temperature to a range of 70? C.-75? C., dropwise adding an organic solvent to the evaporated mixed solution, adding sucrose seed crystals, and continuing stirring to obtain a solution, when seed crystals grow in the solution, dropping the temperature to a range of 40? C.-60? C. at a rate of 10? C./h to obtain the mixed sugar solution; centrifuging and drying to obtain a finished product of the compound sugar crystals of the xylose and the sucrose. The obtained finished product has a complete crystal form similar to the sucrose and a sweetness similar to the sucrose and a uniform taste, which meets preferences of the consumers.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for crystallizing compound sugar solution of xylose and sucrose, including: evaporating a mixed solution containing sucrose and xylose to obtain an evaporated mixed solution, adjusting a temperature to a range of 70? C.-75? C., dropwise adding an organic solvent to the evaporated mixed solution, adding sucrose seed crystals, and continuing stirring to obtain a solution, when seed crystals grow in the solution, dropping the temperature to a range of 40? C.-60? C. at a rate of 10? C./h to obtain the mixed sugar solution; centrifuging and drying to obtain a finished product of the compound sugar crystals of the xylose and the sucrose. The obtained finished product has a complete crystal form similar to the sucrose and a sweetness similar to the sucrose and a uniform taste, which meets preferences of the consumers.