PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1994 SUGAR PROCESSING RESEARCH CONFERENCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAPERS

SPRI Science Award Lecture: Computer simulation of chemical and biological properties of sucrose, the cyclodextrins and amylose - pp. 1-32

Frieder W. Lichtenthaler

Filterability of raw sugars - comparing laboratory test results with refinery performance - pp. 33-53

Michael Donovan and Edward F.T. Lee

Separation and characterisation of polysaccharides from sugarcane impurities: Use of NMR techniques - pp. 54-70

Riaz Khan, Antonella Meliota, Erainio Murano and Renato Toffanin

Raw juice cooling crystallization: Pilot plant trials on continuous concentration and crystallization steps - pp. 71-92

Giuseppe Vaccari, Giorgio Mantovani, Giulio Squaldino and Franco Andreoli

Sugar factory instrumentation and automation strategy - pp. 93-102

Sven Barfoed and Visti Andersson

Effect of manganese and veratryl alcohol on the colour removal from sugar refinery effluents with Phanerochaete chrysosporium - pp. 103-119

Carla B.C. Guimaraes, Luis S.M. Bento, and Manuel G. Mota

Applications of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to the identification of white sugar contaminants - pp. 120-139

D. Eugene Rearick

Automatic analysing of sugarbeet and soil samples in Finland - pp. 140-150

Marja Pelo and Harri Pietinen

Heavy metal concentrations in sugarbeet fields and sugarbeet in Finland - pp 151-169

Matti Erjala and Raimo Ervio

The optimum use of tails from beet processing - pp. 170-189

Nicholas W. Broughton, David Sargent, Trevor C. Theobald and F. Gaughan

Thermodynamic activity of water and sucrose and the stability of crystalline sugar - pp. 190-209

Catherine Bressan and Mohamed Mathlouthi

Near infrared spectroscopy in the sugarbeet industry - pp. 210-224

Jan Maarten de Bruijn

On-line NIR for sugar-house syrups: A technological step too far? - pp 225-244

Russell Jones, Geoff Parkin and Charles W. C. Harvey

The application of NIR spectrophotometry in the cane sugar refinery - pp 245-260

Phil Guglielmi and Debbie Anderson

The use of NIR/NIT within the food and agricultural sector - pp. 261-272

Leif Tilmanis

New utilization of the NIR technique: Control of an ion exchange resins system for lactic acid recovery from fermentation - pp. 273-287

Giuseppe Vaccari, Elisabetta Dosi, Anna Lisa Campi and Giorgio Mantovani

Universal NIR calibrations for the sugar industry - pp. 288-302

Les A. Edye, Margaret A. Clarke and Cynthia McDonald-Lewis

Dextran analysis in sugar by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy - pp. 303-311

Les A. Edye, Shaoxiong Wu, Margaret A. Clarke and Per J. Garegg

Sensory properties of white beet sugars - pp. 312-331

Mary An Godshall, Casey C. Grimm and Margaret A. Clarke

Use of DEAE-bagasse to remove color, turbidity and polysaccharides in sugar manufacture - pp. 332-340

Earl J. Roberts, Margaret A. Clarke and Les A. Edye

Leucoanthocyanins, aconitic acid and turbidity ij sugarcane - A update on cane colorants - pp. 341-364

Mary An Godshall and Casey C. Grimm

Fiber in sugarcane and bagasse - pp. 365-375

Margaret A. Clarke, Benjamin L. Legendre, Raul Perdomo, Les A Edye, Rebaca S. Blanco, Xavier M. Miranda and Angel K. Kelly

Experience of start-up and operation of an automatic robot station for sugar analyses - pp. 376-387

Soili Ylisuutari

Finnsugar Sucros Ltd. Porkkala refinery - pp. 388-399

Tage Engman and Päivi Paakkarinen

ABSTRACTS OF POSTERS

The measurement of dextran in raw sugars using ¹H nmr - page 400

Les A. Edye, Shaoxiong Wu, and Margaret A. Clarke

Near infrared analysis of simple and complex saccharides - page 400

Margaret A. Clarke, Les A. Edye and Cynthia McDonald-Lewis

Isolation and characterization of dextrans from sugarbeet and beet sugar - page 400

Margaret A. Clarke, Per J. Garegg and Earl J. Roberts

HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography) analyses of sugarbeet juices - page 401

Rebeca S. Blanco, Chad V. Scott, Les A. Edye and Margaret A. Clarke

A new infrared drier for white, raw, and powered sugars - page 402

Xavier M. Miranda, Mary An Godshall and Margaret A. Clarke

Biosensor electrode (BSE) for determination of sucrose and glucose - page 402

Rebeca S. Blanco, Les A. Edye and Margaret A. Clarke

Analysis of oligosaccharides in sugar products and honey by high performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC-PAD) - page 402

Margaret A. Clarke, Les A. Edye and Glori-Lynn Cargel

A contribution from sucrose to chemical theory - page 403

Alfred D. French