Equipment balancing in the raw sugar factory.

Date

2012

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Major Course

Major in Sugar Technology

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Restrictions

Restricted: Not available to the general public. Access is available only after consultation with author/thesis adviser and only to those bound by the confidentiality agreement.

Abstract

This study provides a comparison between the theoretical dimensions of the equipment required in the raw sugar factory from the available equipment in Bukidnon Sugar Company, Inc (BUSCO). The determination of equipment dimensions is important for both equipment sizing and equipment balancing. Equipment sizing is usually done when setting up a new plant, taking into consideration a theoretical amount of process material to determine the equipment size. On the other hand, equipment balancing is important to determine the "bottleneck" or the limiting process of the whole operation. This is to ensure that in every part of the process, quality and quantity of produced material is controlled. ALso, doing this may avoid certain causes of operation stoppage. Based on the results, for the current capacity of the plant, 1899C TCD, majority of the equipment meet theoretical equipment dimensions required In fact, some of the equipment such as evaporators and the centrifugals indicate that the plant is actually ready to expand to a higher capacity. Still, there are other equipment that should be resized to meet the equipment specifications namely the mills some tanks and vacuum pans. Despite this BUSCO is able to produce high quality sugar at high yield.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Call Number

LG 993 2011 E62 B56

Document Type

Thesis

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