During the 2012 and 2013 non-crush seasons, two horizontal crystallisers were replaced at Victoria Mill. Victoria Mill currently has six operational horizontal crystallisers, of which four are fixed element design (FED). Two of these were installed leading up to the...
Tully Mill has six low-grade crystallisers that are divided into two parallel sets, each with three units operating in series. The paper describes modifications made prior to the 2002 crushing season, in which two crystallisers in one of the sets were modified to...
Microwave devices for the measurement of dry substance were evaluated at mills owned by CSR Ltd and Tully Sugar. Microwave devices from Pro/M/tec were evaluated in a pan at Macknade mill and the final vessel in an evaporator quin set for brix control at Tully mill,...
Flocculants are used to improve the efficiency of clarification, a key process in the production of quality sugar. The flocculant requirement might be expected to be dependent on the mud solids content of juice. Therefore, control of the flocculant addition rate based...
