Direct white sugar manufacture in the cane sugar industry via membrane filtration and continuous ion-exchange demineralization

Zuckerindustrie

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 446-452

  Jensen, Craig R C ^a  

^a Tongaat Hulett Sugar   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decolorization; Demineralization; Membrane filtration; White sugar manufacturing; WSM process

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547213250     PISSN: 03448657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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