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Objectives:
To update ourselves of Whats new in the
Boiling House
To orient ourselves briefly about the
Boiling Automation
To know the possible effect or advantages
of this Automation
Introduction:
There is a call for every manufacturing firm to advance its system to attain high or optimum
efficiency to produce its product within or less cost of production without compromising its standard.
The worlds trends today in all aspects are now on computers and automation, its relevance to the
system and how it affects the lives of the people. It could be in schools (education), home,
institutions, workplace and others.
In Sugar Industry there is a competition per se in the product and how it manufactured
according to the worlds acceptability. The need to be affiliated in Global manner lead us to have all
the necessary requirements like HACCP, ISO accreditations and automation on process system
which we believe plays a vital role to be IN in todays standard. And these we are working towards
and looking forward to.
Process Automation is to be regarded as an important part of modern factory management
and organization. Since Vacuum Pan Control is said to be ---- perhaps the most difficult unit
operation to understand and control, (according to Mr.Chung Chi Chou of Cane Sugar Handbook
12th ed.,), more sugar centrals are leading or indulging into automation which is now become a
necessity to have a more effective, efficient and safe way in producing white sugar.
This report is the partial assessment of Pan Automation in the Boiling House Department of
Hawaiian-Philippine Company, which commenced only on the latter part of our Milling Season (CY
2008-2009) and it took only 49 days of commissioning period. The supposed Assessment which
should considerably covers at least one (1) whole Milling would have given us substantial (gathering
of) data and analyses for a more rigid, dependable and reliable evaluation for establishing a
standard parameters of Pan Boiling Automation.
Eycon HMI unit was installed and tested last March 9, 2009 to Vacuum Pan # 1, # 2, # 8 and
# 9 with the following corresponding boiling of special seed graining, B-masse and A-masse (for 8 #
9) respectively. The Commissioning Consultant was Mr. Eddie Sheppard of CONUTROL Instrument
Services and the in-house personnel assigned were Mr. Ian Deloso of Instrumentation and myself
as a Process Supervisor .
Pre-Set Profile
Finish Level
Charge Level
Seeding RF
Footing RF
Main RF
Active RF SP
Pre-Set Profile
% C.V. = 26.05
% G.S. = 68.86
2. Computations:
i. For Massecuite and BD/SRS Sugar
-
Working Equation:
From Perrys Chemical Engineers Handbook, 6th ed., eq. (19-11), p. 9-29;
% C.v.
Where:
Cv
PD
Nom. Opening
% Retained
Retained on 10
1.651 mm
0.11
Retained on 14
1.168
0.89
Retained on 20
0.833
24.32
Retained on 28
0.589
47.08
Retained 0n 35
0.417
25.50
Passed thru 35
2.10
Note:
Effect on Automation:
1.Comparative Results for BD / SRS - Sugar
- using Grain Size Analysis on Tyler Mesh Retained at # 20 & 28
(0.833 and 0.589 mm) average size (or mean)
VP
#6
7
8
9
10
Before
62.69 mm
61.55
60.69
58.64
62.15
On/After
72.98
74.37
71.47
70.74
69.66
diff.
10.29
12.82
10.78
12.10
7.51
% inc.
14.10 %
17.24
15.08
17.10
10.78
100
90
80
70
% Retained @ Tyler 60
Mesh No. 20 & 28 50
40
30
20
10
Before Automation
On Automation
Vacuum Pan #
10
Tyler Mesh Nominal Opening
# 20 --------- 0.833 mm
# 28 ---------- 0.589 mm
% G.S Stk #
Before
%
G.S
After
2773-9
56.88
2784-9
67.16
2764-8
64.43
2785-8
61.63
2772-8
61.35
2797-8
75.44
2750-6
63.95
2806-8
64.19
2760-8
58.49
2802-8
79.87
2759-9
64.20
2725-9
97.93
2756-8
65.39
2816-9
69.21
2749-7
77.33
2820-9
82.61
Stk #
100
80
60
before
40
after
20
0
1
5 6
Massecuite % C.v.
Seed/Strike
Ave. % C.v.
Special C-seed
15 35
B-masse
30 38 .Good
A masse
20 35 ..Good
Boiling
Excellent to Good