The problems related to the traditional technology of sugar-beet processing have became so important that the beet sector in Europe, and particularly in Italy, has been shocked. If we want to produce sugar beet in the future it is necessary to decrease the production costs through a simplification of the technology, a decreasing of the problems related to the energy and water consumptions, the elimination of the solid, liquid and gaseous wastes. We tried in the past to give our contribution for solving these problems but we have found difficulties in convincing the beet sugar world to drastically modify the traditional technology. The problems are so important that an European Project (TOSSIE-TOward Sustainable Sugar Industry in Europe) has the main object of disseminating the results of the research obtained in the last decades. We proposed different solutions including the elimination of calco-carbonic purification process, the utilization of membrane technology and suggesting different processing schemes. Now we would like to propose another possible solution with the elimination of the diffusion process and a balanced production, beside the crystallized sugar, of biofuels. Preliminary results obtained in laboratory and in a pilot plant will be presented and discussed. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.
New proposal for integrated production of sugar and biofuels from sugar beet
TAMBURINI, Elena
2009
Abstract
The problems related to the traditional technology of sugar-beet processing have became so important that the beet sector in Europe, and particularly in Italy, has been shocked. If we want to produce sugar beet in the future it is necessary to decrease the production costs through a simplification of the technology, a decreasing of the problems related to the energy and water consumptions, the elimination of the solid, liquid and gaseous wastes. We tried in the past to give our contribution for solving these problems but we have found difficulties in convincing the beet sugar world to drastically modify the traditional technology. The problems are so important that an European Project (TOSSIE-TOward Sustainable Sugar Industry in Europe) has the main object of disseminating the results of the research obtained in the last decades. We proposed different solutions including the elimination of calco-carbonic purification process, the utilization of membrane technology and suggesting different processing schemes. Now we would like to propose another possible solution with the elimination of the diffusion process and a balanced production, beside the crystallized sugar, of biofuels. Preliminary results obtained in laboratory and in a pilot plant will be presented and discussed. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
