Process for sugar production

Abstract

The application relates to a method for producing a sugar product and a system thereof comprising receiving a first input in a control system representative of a pre-treatment sugar composition characteristic and/or an additive; receiving a second input representative of a post-treatment sugar product target specification; using the control system to determine at least one operating parameter for addition of the additive to the pre-treatment sugar and adding the additive based on the at least one determined operating parameter, wherein the at least one determined operating parameter is determined from at least: the first input, the second input, and a correlation relating at least the first input and the second input to the at least one operating parameter; and treating the pre-treatment sugar composition by addition of the additive to produce a post-treatment sugar product with a characteristic that is at or nearer to the target specification than the characteristic of the pre-treatment sugar composition. The system includes at least one spray system for addition of an additive to a pre-treatment sugar composition; at least one sensor for determining one or both of a pre-treatment sugar composition characteristic, or an additive characteristic, and a post-treatment sugar product characteristic and a control system configured to operate as mentioned above.

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