Mill Material Balance

CHAPTER V
BAGASSE VOLUME
Still about the operation of one unit of mill, lets back to equation (1):

Or

Wim = Wej + Wb
Wej = Wim - Wb

We can also write:

Wb
Wim

Wej = Wim (1 -

Because

and

then

Also because:
and
then

:
:

or

Wim = dim x Vim

Wb = db x Vb
db.Vb
Wej = dim.Vim (1 - --------------) ....................... (4)
dim.Vim
Wej = dej x Vej
Vej = Vim - Vb ------- (no-void volumes)
Wej = dej (Vim - Vb )
Vb
Wej = dej.Vim (1 - ----------) ............................. (5)
Vim

Further, from equation (4) and (5) we obtain:

db.Vb
Vb
dim.Vim (1 - -------------) = dej.Vim (1 - --------)
dim.Vim
Vim
db.Vb
dej.Vb
dim - ----------- = dej - -----------Vim
Vim
dim - dej

therefore

Bagasse Volume

Vb
= -------- (db - dej)
Vim

db - dej
Vim = ------------- Vb ......................................... (6)
dim - dej

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With the same method, we observe equation (2):

or

Wim = Wij + W f
Wij = Wim - Wf

We can also write:

Wij
Because
and

:
:

then

Also because:
and
then

:
:

or

= Wim (1 -

Wf
Wim

Wim = dim x Vim

Wf = df x Vf
df.Vf
Wij = dim.Vim (1 - ---------------) ......................... (7)
dim.Vim
Wij = dij x Vij
Vij = Vim - Vf ---- (no-void volumes)
Wij = dij (Vim - Vf)
Vf
Wij = dij.Vim (1 - -----------) ............................... (8)
Vim

Further, from equation (7) and (8), we find:

df.Vf
Vf
dim.Vim (1 - -------------) = dij.Vim (1 - --------)
dim.Vim
Vim
d f.Vf
dij.Vf
d im - ----------- = dij - -----------Vim
Vim
And so

and

Vf
dim - d ij = --------- (df - dij)
Vim
df - dij
Vim = --------------- Vf .................................. (9)
dim dij

Then both equation (6) and (9) combined, we find:

db - dej
df - d ij
-------------- Vb = ------------- Vf
dim - d ej
dim - d ij
Now observe each value of the densities in this equation, mainly the juice density at the input
portion (dij) and the density of extracted juice (dej).

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When we look the Brix table5), e.g. for cane juice of 15,9Brix, the density is 1,06077 kg/dm3
compare to juice of mill#1, say = 17,4Brix, the density is 1,06721 kg/dm3, which means there is
only a different of 0,60%. This value is very small if compared to the different in degrees of
Brix, which is about 8,62% (the condition was made by the calculation for mill mass balance,
where assumption is made for the Brix degree of juice in the incoming material have the same
value of Brix degree with the juice extracted by the respective mill).
Based upon the relatively small different of the densities, the writer has the reason why
assumption is made for the above equation, that the density of juice in the incoming material
(dij) is equals to the density of juice extracted by the respective mill (dej).
Thus

dij dej

And so the above equation can be simplified:

(db - dej) Vb (df - dej) Vf
or

df - dej
Vb ------------- Vf ................................... (10)
db dej

where Vb is the no-void volume of bagasse exhausted by a unit of mill.

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Bulletin 4 or Bulletin 11 - P3GI Pasuruan

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