Method of improving the recovery of sugar from sugar beets by extraction on and apparatus for carrying out said method
AssigneeAktieseiskabet de Danske Sukkerfabrikker
InventorsRud F. Madsen, Werner K. Nielsen
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Abstract
Method of improving the recovery of sugar from sugar beets comprising washing the sugar beets to remove impurities therefrom, wholly or partially removing the outer layer of the washed sugar beets, slicing the sugar beets thus obtained and extracting the sliced sugar beets with an aqueous solution to form a sugar juice. Apparatus for wholly or partially removing the surface layer of washed sugar beets, the apparatus comprising two spaced rows of rotatable cylindrical brushes mounted so as to advance sugar beets in the space between the rows while subjecting them to the influence of the brushes to wholly or partially remove the outer layer of the sugar beets.
Claims7
A method of increasing the amount of sugar recovered from sugar beets, said method comprising, in sequence, the following steps:
- (a) washing the sugar beets to remove adhered impurities,
- (b) mechanically removing at least a part of the outer layer of each of the washed sugar beets,
- (c) slicing the sugar beets of step (b), and
- (d) extracting the sliced sugar beets of step (c) with an aqueous solution to provide a sugar juice rich in sugar.
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