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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7338562 | Sugar cane juice clarification process A process to clarify raw sugar cane juice, which comprises adding a source of lime, adding an anionic inorganic colloid or polyacyrlamide, and carbonating. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7182818 | System to produce sugar from plant materials A process system that uses a reduced amount of lime or other base to clarify or purify juice or other process liquid (1) obtained from plant material (2) such as sugar cane, sugar beets, or sweet sorghum. Specifically, apparatus and methods to reduce v... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7150793 | Method of reducing materials contained in juice A process system that uses a reduced amount of lime or other base to clarify or purify juice obtained from plant material such as sugar cane, sugar beets, or sweet sorghum. Specifically, apparatus and methods to reduce volatile materials in juice providing a product... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6755914 | Crystalline mixture solid composition and preparation thereof A crystalline mixture solid composition comprising α-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-mannitol (GPM), α-D-glucopyranosyl-1,6-sorbitol (GPS-6) and a small amount of α-D-glucopyranosyl-1,1-sorbitol (GPS-1) and a production process therefor. The above crystalline mixture solid ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6656287 | System to produce sugar from plant materials A process system that uses a reduced amount of lime or other base to clarify or purify juice obtained from plant material such as sugar cane, sugar beets, or sweet sorghum. Specifically, apparatus and methods to reduce volatile materials in juice providin... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6440222 | Sugar beet membrane filtration process A process for producing sugar from beets includes the step of filtering a sucrose-containing feed juice, which has been obtained from macerated sugar beets, through a first ultrafiltration membrane that has a first molecular weight cutoff. This ultrafiltr... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6406548 | Sugar cane membrane filtration process A process for producing sugar from cane includes the step of filtering a sucrose-containing feed juice, which has been obtained from macerated sugar cane, through a first ultrafiltration membrane that has a first molecular weight cutoff. This ultrafiltrat... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6406547 | Sugar beet membrane filtration process A process for producing sugar from beets includes the step of filtering a sucrose-containing feed juice, which has been obtained by diffusion from sliced sugar beets, through a first ultrafiltration membrane that has a first molecular weight cutoff. This ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6375751 | Process for production of purified cane juice for sugar manufacture The present invention relates to a process for producing sugar from cane that includes the steps of: (a) grinding sugar cane or pieces thereof into pulp; (b) mechanically separating juice from the pulp; and (c) membrane filtering the separated juice, for ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6368413 | Process for preparing improved sugar product Disclosed is a process for preparing an improved sugar product comprising (a) providing a raw sugar solution having color of 50 to 1,000 Icumsa units and a concentration of 10 to 70 Brix; (b)(1) injecting ozone into the raw sugar solution while imparting agita... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6176935 | System and method for refining sugar A sugar refining process uses carbon dioxide obtained from a module containing a plurality of gas-permeable polymeric membranes. Flue gas from a boiler is scrubbed, and then passed through the gas-separation module. The output of the module contains an en... | 01/23/2001 |
| 4534800 | Process and apparatus for the production of sugar thick juice for the manufacture of sugar In a process for the production of sugar thick juice from lime-containing raw juice and wherein carbon dioxide and soda are added to the lime-containing raw juice in at least one carbonation step, and wherein the thin juice is preheated and evaporated to ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4424078 | Method for improving the carbonation procedure in a sugar plant Lime-treated juice in a sugar plant is carbonated in a first stage and a second stage with a carbon dioxide-containing gas to remove lime and impurities therefrom. Exhaust gas from the second stage is recycled to the first stage. Heat can be recovered fro... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4290818 | Process for utilizing the waste heat content of condensate and/or vapor produced in the manufacture of sugar A process is provided for utilizing the waste heat content of condensate and/or vapor produced in the manufacture of sugar in which thin juice is cooled, subjected to one or more stages of flash evaporation to concentrate and further cool the juice, after... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4076552 | Process for decolorizing sugar solutions with peroxide A process for treating a raw sugar-containing juice which includes liming, adding hydrogen peroxide, carbonating, filtering the juice to remove the thusly produced calcium carbonate and contacting the filtered juice with SO2. The treatment resu... | 02/28/1978 |
| 3982956 | Process for the purification of impure sugar juice Impure sugar solution having a pH of 2 - 6.5 is decolorized by passing the same through a weakly basic anion exchanger having tertiary amine functionality and operated over a hydroxyl form.... | 09/28/1976 |
