Trends in cane quality and its effects on some aspects of sugar processing in Mauritius

Code (CO)	MSI99P3119
Author (AU)	Wong Sak Hoi, L. Autrey, L. J. C.
Title - English (ET)	Trends in cane quality and its effects on some aspects of sugar processing in Mauritius
Document Type(DT)	Periodical article
Date of publication (DP)	1997
Series (SE)	Revue agric. sucr. Ile Maurice
Source (SO)	76(3): 1-8
Notes (NO)	Published 1998
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En Fr
Abstract (AB)	The trends in thequality of cane sent to sugar factories in Mauritius are examined in terms of fibre percent cane, sucrose percent cane, sucrose fibre ration in cane and mixed juice purity, using the data from the last 35 years. An attempt is made to highlight some of the detrimental effects of poor cane quality on factory performance, in particular, mill extraction, weight of bagasse per cent cane, sucrose lost percent cane in bagasse, filter cake and molasses. Changes made to factory equipment to accommodate the gradual decline in cane quality are also discussed.
Descriptors - English (DE)	SUGARCANE QUALITY
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Cane sugar manufacture
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Cane quality
Date record entered (DA)	2004-03-22
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Processing status (PS)	CAT
MSIRI Staff (MS)	ST