Method for controlling microbial growth in sugar processing
AssigneeHydrite Chemical Co.
InventorsCarl Schoenfelder, Scott K. Cumming
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Abstract
A method for controlling microbial growth in a sugar processing system is disclosed, wherein the method comprises adding a peroxy acid into water of a flume system used for transporting a sugar-containing plant material from a delivery or storage location to a wash system. In one non-limiting example embodiment, the sugar-containing plant material comprises sugar beets, and the peroxy acid comprises peracetic acid.
Claims19
A method for controlling microbial growth in a sugar processing system, the method comprising:
- (a) adding a peroxy acid into a water channel of a flume system used for transporting a sugar-containing plant material from a delivery or storage location to a wash system.
The method of 1 further comprising:
- (b) sensing a measurable physical property of the water of the flume system;
- (c) generating a physical property signal corresponding to the measurable physical property, the physical property signal correlating to a concentration of the peroxy acid in the water of the flume system;
- (d) transmitting the physical property signal to a controller;
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- (e) when the concentration falls below a predetermined value stored in the controller, providing a control signal from the controller to open a supply valve in fluid communication with a source of the peroxy acid and the flume system thereby adding additional peroxy acid into the water channel of the flume system.
A method for controlling microbial growth in a sugar processing system having a flume system used for transporting a sugar-containing plant material from a delivery or storage location to a wash system wherein lime is used in the flume system, the method comprising:
- (a) replacing at least a portion of the lime with a peroxy acid, wherein the peroxy acid is added into a water channel of the flume system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.