MILL MATERIAL BALANCE

(ANOTHER SYSTEM OF CALCULATION)

by
TOT SOEMOHANDOJO

Surabaya, April 2000.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Preface ..............................................
1

Introduction .....................................

Material Composition ...........................

Basic Calculation of a Mill Extraction ..........

The Bagasse Volume ...............................

Absorption Ability Factor and the Weight of Bagasse ..

The Relation between Reabsorption Factor and the Coefficient of Friction .

Is There Really Juice Extracted by the Feed Opening ? ...........................

The Value of Juice Density ......................

The Completion of Material Balance ................

10

Evaluation ........................................

11

Conclusion .......................................

12

Library .............................................
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PREFACE
This book is the continuation of my paper published in December 1980 by "GULA
INDONESIA", volume VI Nr. 4 (The Indonesian Sugar Magazine) under the title of:
"PEMERAHAN PADA SUATU GILINGAN"
(The extraction of a cane mill)
It is intended to expediently produce an idea of calculating mill material balance of a tandem,
whereas detailed calculations of materials passing through each of the mill in the train are
described specifically.
The idea came when I was appointed as a supervisor for the capacity expansion one of the sugar
factories owned by the company Ive worked. The expansion work covers the replacement of the
whole mill train with a bigger dimension. Therefore all measurement, including the setting of the
mills and all the analysis for the extracted juices and the analysis of last mill bagasse, were purely
and correctly implemented.
With the help of a computer program, the repeatedly calculation of mass balance for one mill to
the other becomes very simple and especially eliminates the long and time consuming work when
compared with the use of a calculator.
On the other hand we can make the mill material balance for a more frequent calculation within a
relatively short time, especially at the beginning of a campaign when the run of milling is already
smooth. Itll enables us to make any adjustment for the mill settings in order to achieve a better
performance and especially as safety precaution against any mill breakage.
Surabaya, 30 April 1992
Tot Soemohandojo

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