INDUSTRIALISED PRODUCTION PROCESS OF TOTAL NUTRIENT PURE POWDERED SUGAR AND LIQUID SYRUP AND EQUIPMENT

Abstract

Provided is a production process for powdered sugar and liquid syrup, comprising the steps of primary pressing sugar cane juice extraction, three-stage physical filtration, and sugar boiling, wherein the step of the three-stage physical filtration respectively uses a sieve plate, a bagasse separator and a micro-filtration membrane for filtration. The bagasse separator comprises a screen cylinder transversely arranged inside a separation bin. The inlet and outlet of the screen cylinder are respectively connected to a feeding bin and a discharging bin. A juice outlet and a bagasse outlet are respectively provided under the separation bin and the discharging bin. A propeller blade component is provided inside the screen cylinder. The propeller blade component is formed by combining vertical mixing blades with helical blades.

Claims

1.-13. (canceled)

14. A method for producing a total nutrient pure powdered sugar and a total nutrient pure liquid syrup, comprising steps of: (1) extracting primary pressing sugar cane juice: pressing sugar cane with a roller mill equipment; sugar cane juice pressed through a first roller mill is utilized for the following steps; (2) proceeding a first-stage physical filtration: providing a sieve plate for the roller mill equipment; the sieve plate is mounted under a roller of the first roller mill to proceed the first-stage physical filtration with the sugar cane juice obtained in step (1), wherein the sieve plate is provided with a sieve having 50 to 200 meshes; after the first-stage physical filtration, 99% mill mud, and all sliced, long-shaped bagasse and sliced, long-shaped impurities are removed from the sugar cane juice; (3) proceeding a second-stage physical filtration: utilizing a bagasse separator to proceed the second-stage physical filtration with the sugar cane juice obtained in step (2), wherein the bagasse separator is provided with a sieve having 200 to 500 meshes; after filtration, fine fibers and fine impurities are removed from the sugar cane juice; (4) proceeding a third-stage physical filtration: heating the sugar cane juice obtained in step (3) to a temperature of 50 to 90 C.; a micro-filtration membrane having 50 to 350 nm diameter holes is utilized to proceed the third-stage physical filtration; after filtration, bacteria, trace mill mud and trace impurities are removed from the sugar cane juice; and (5) boiling the sugar cane juice obtained after the third-stage physical filtration with a sugar boiling means; the total nutrient pure liquid syrup is obtained when 50 to 60% water contained in the sugar cane juice has evaporated; the total nutrient pure powdered sugar is obtained when 95% water contained in the sugar cane juice has evaporated.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the micro-filtration membrane utilized in step (4) is a ceramic membrane or an organic polymer membrane.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the sieve plate utilized in step (2) is a high-frequency sieve shaker with a sieve having 50 to 150 meshes; the high-frequency sieve shaker is provided with power supply.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the sieve plate is utilized to proceed the first-stage physical filtration with the sugar cane juice obtained in step (1) without power consumption.

18. A bagasse separator, utilized in a second-stage physical filtration in a method for producing a total nutrient pure powdered sugar and a total nutrient pure liquid syrup, comprising: a housing and a rack, wherein the housing is transversely disposed on the rack, wherein the housing includes a feeding bin, a separation bin, and a discharging bin, wherein a feeding inlet is disposed on the feeding bin, a juice outlet is provided under the separation bin, and a bagasse outlet is provided under the discharging bin, wherein the separation bin includes a screen cylinder transversely arranged thereinside, wherein the separation bin includes an inlet and an outlet respectively connected to the feeding bin and the discharging bin, wherein the screen cylinder includes a propeller blade component mounted therein, and the propeller blade component is driven by a deceleration motor, wherein the propeller blade component is composed of vertical mixing blades and helical blades, wherein the deceleration motor drives the vertical mixing blades and the helical blades to rotate via a rotating shaft.

19. A total nutrient pure liquid syrup, produced by the method of claim 14, wherein the water contained in the liquid syrup is 100% derived from the sugar cane.

20. A total nutrient pure powdered sugar, produced by the method of claim 14.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an industrialised production process of total nutrient pure powdered sugar and liquid syrup according to the present invention;

[0023] FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the bagasse separator utilized during the second-stage filtration according to the present invention; and

[0024] FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the deceleration motor 1, the propeller blade component 2, the vertical mixing blades 2.1, the helical blades 2.2, the screen cylinder 3, the housing 4, the feeding inlet 5, the juice outlet 6, the rack 7, and the bagasse outlet 8 of the bagasse separator.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0025] The following illustrative embodiments and drawings are provided to illustrate the disclosure of the present invention.

Example 1

[0026] (1). primary pressing sugar cane juice extraction: pressing the sugar cane with conventional roller mill equipment, and the sugar cane juice pressed through the first roller mill is utilized for the following steps.

[0027] (2). first-stage physical filtration: a sieve plate is designed for the roller mill and mounted under the roller of the first roller mill so as to proceed the first-stage physical filtration with the sugar cane juice obtained in step (1) without power consumption, wherein the sieve plate is provided with a sieve having 100 meshes.

[0028] (3). second-stage physical filtration: a bagasse separator is utilized to proceed the second-stage physical filtration with the sugar cane juice obtained in step (2), wherein the bagasse separator is provided with a sieve having 300 meshes.

[0029] (4). third-stage physical filtration: the sugar cane juice obtained in step (3) is heated to a temperature of 80 C. and a ceramic micro-filtration membrane having 100 nm diameter holes is utilized to proceed the third-stage physical filtration.

[0030] (5). sugar boiling: the sugar cane juice obtained after the third-stage physical filtration is boiled with conventional sugar boiling methods, as is well known in the industry. The total nutrient pure liquid syrup is obtained when 50% water contained in the sugar cane juice has evaporated, and the total nutrient pure powdered sugar is obtained when 95% water contained in the sugar cane juice has evaporated.

[0031] In this embodiment, the sugar cane juice obtained after three-stage physical filtration was analyzed, wherein the analyzed sample had a sugar content of 20%. The analyzed sample contained amino acids 504 mg/100 mL, octacosanol 0.26 mg/100 mL, polyphenols 57.4 mg/100 mL, organic acids 105 mg/100 mL, calcium 3.5 mg/100 g, iron 0.61 mg/100 g, selenium 0.003 mg/kg, vitamin C 0.88 mg/100 mL, vitamin B1 3.26 g/100 mL, vitamin B2 18.2 g/100 mL, and vitamin B6 387 g/100 mL. According to the analysis report, the sugar cane juice obtained after three-stage physical filtration could efficiently preserve total nutrients of sugar cane, and powdered sugar and liquid syrup preserving total nutrients could be provided by the production process.

[0032] In this embodiment, the sugar cane juice obtained after three-stage physical filtration was analyzed in Guangxi Center of Analysis and Test Research, wherein the analyzed sample had a sugar content of 20%. The analyzed sample contained amino acids 504 mg/100 mL, octacosanol 0.26 mg/100 mL, polyphenols 57.4 mg/100 mL, organic acids 105 mg/100 mL, calcium 3.5 mg/100 g, iron 0.61 mg/100 g, selenium 0.003 mg/kg, zinc 1.81 mg/kg, vitamin C 0.88 mg/100 mL, vitamin B1 3.26 g/100 mL, vitamin B2 18.2 g/100 mL, and vitamin B6 387 g/100 mL. According to the analysis report, the sugar cane juice obtained after three-stage physical filtration could efficiently preserve total nutrients of sugar cane, and powdered sugar and liquid syrup preserving total nutrients could be provided by the production process. The analyzed sample was detected with harmful substances as well, and contained Arsenic <0.01 mg/kg (that is, Arsenic is undetectable), Mercury 0.0008 mg/kg, Cadmium 0.0031 mg/kg, and Plumbum 0.008 mg/kg, each of which was much lower than the national standard. In addition, pesticides such as Diuron and Carbofuran were not found in the analyzed sample.

Example 2

[0033] (1). primary pressing sugar cane juice extraction: pressing the sugar cane with conventional roller mill equipment, and the sugar cane juice pressed through the first roller mill is utilized for the following steps.

[0034] (2). first-stage physical filtration: a sieve plate is designed for the roller mill and mounted under the roller of the first roller mill so as to proceed the first-stage physical filtration with the sugar cane juice obtained in step (1) without power consumption, wherein the sieve plate is provided with a sieve having 50 meshes.

[0035] (3). second-stage physical filtration: a bagasse separator is utilized to proceed the second-stage physical filtration with the sugar cane juice obtained in step (2), wherein the bagasse separator is provided with a sieve having 200 meshes.

[0036] (4). third-stage physical filtration: the sugar cane juice obtained in step (3) is heated to a temperature of 50 C. and a ceramic micro-filtration membrane having 350 nm diameter holes is utilized to proceed the third-stage physical filtration.

[0037] (5). sugar boiling: the sugar cane juice obtained after the third-stage physical filtration is boiled with conventional sugar boiling methods, as is well known in the industry. The total nutrient pure liquid syrup is obtained when 50% water contained in the sugar cane juice has evaporated, and the total nutrient pure powdered sugar is obtained when 95% water contained in the sugar cane juice has evaporated.

Example 3

[0038] (1). primary pressing sugar cane juice extraction: pressing the sugar cane with conventional roller mill equipment, and the sugar cane juice pressed through the first roller mill is utilized for the following steps.

[0039] (2). first-stage physical filtration: a sieve plate is designed for the roller mill and mounted under the roller of the first roller mill so as to proceed the first-stage physical filtration with the sugar cane juice obtained in step (1) without power consumption, wherein the sieve plate is provided with a sieve having 200 meshes.

[0040] (3). second-stage physical filtration: a bagasse separator is utilized to proceed the second-stage physical filtration with the sugar cane juice obtained in step (2), wherein the bagasse separator is provided with a sieve having 500 meshes.

[0041] (4). third-stage physical filtration: the sugar cane juice obtained in step (3) is heated to a temperature of 90 C. and a ceramic micro-filtration membrane having 50 nm diameter holes is utilized to proceed the third-stage physical filtration.

[0042] (5). sugar boiling: the sugar cane juice obtained after the third-stage physical filtration is boiled with conventional sugar boiling methods, as is well known in the industry. The total nutrient pure liquid syrup is obtained when 60% water contained in the sugar cane juice has evaporated, and the total nutrient pure powdered sugar is obtained when 95% water contained in the sugar cane juice has evaporated.

[0043] In this embodiment, the total nutrient pure powdered sugar was analyzed in Guangxi Center of Analysis and Test Research. The analyzed sample contained amino acids 1.08 g/100 g, octacosanol 2.0 mg/100 g, polyphenols 386 mg/100 g, calcium 86.66 mg/100 g, iron 3.10 mg/100 g, selenium 0.0472 mg/kg, zinc 6.5 mg/kg, vitamin C 8 mg/100 g, vitamin B1 358 g/100 g, vitamin B2 620 g/100 g, and vitamin B6 19.2 mg/100 g. According to the analysis report, the total nutrient pure powdered sugar could efficiently preserve total nutrients of sugar cane.