ROTARY VACUUM FILTER

Mud = 42.44920 tons/hr Filtrate

% Sucrose = 2% % Sucrose
Temperature = 85 ˚C

Filter Cake = 11.2 tons/hr

% Sucrose = 1.5%

Material Balance
Mud = Filter cake + Filtrate
42.44920 = 11.2 + Filtrate
Filtrate = 31.2492
Component Mass Balance
Sucrose Balance:
Mx m = Filter Cake (x c ) + Filtrate(x f )
42.44920(0.02) = 11.2(0.015) + 31.2492(x f )

x f = 0.0218

FLASH TANK

Milk of Incondensable
lime Gas

F = 31.2492 FLASH TANK

tons/hr
Tf = 220oF Lime Juice
Tp = 213oF
Assuming negligible amount of incondensable gas,

Feed + Milk of Lime = Limed Juice + Incondensable gas

Feed + Milk of Lime = Limed Juice

Amount of Milk of Lime used:

CaO used:

tons 0.5 kg CaO kg CaO

31.2492 × = 15.6246
hr 1ton cane hr

Weight of Lime:

kg CaO 1kg Lime kg Lime

15.6246 × = 18.3818
hr 0.85 kg CaO hr

Milk of Lime:

kg Lime 1kg solution 1ton tons of milk lime

18.3818 × × = 0.3342
hr 0.055 kg solid lime 1000 kg hr

Feed + Milk of Lime = Limed Juice

tons tons
31.2492 + 0.3342 = Limed Juice
hr hr
tons
Limed Juice = 31.5834
hr
CLARIFIER

Limed Juice=31.5834 Clarified Juice

tons/hr CLARIFIER 16 Brix
14 Brix Tf = 213oF
Tf = 213oF

Mud (2% sucrose)

Material Balance
Limed Juice = Filter Cake + Clarified Juice

Component Mass Balance

Fx f = Filter Cake(0.02) + Px p
 tons 
 31.5834  (0.14) = Filter Cake  0.02  + 0.16P
 hr 
tons
Clarified Juice, P = 27.0715
hr
tons
Mud = 4.5119
hr
tons
Sucrose(2%of mud) = 0.090238
hr