CONTINUOUS VACUUM PAN - AN ATTEMPT FOR DUAL MASSECUITE BOILINGS WORKING

THE CONTINUOUS vacuum pan is a boon to the sugar industry by nature of its high heating surface to volume ratio, constant steam demand, more exhaustibility of the massecuite, crystal growth, easy to automate, easy to operate, flexibility in capacity and so on. In Ponni Sugars, one continuous pan of 15 t/h capacity was installed five years ago. Taking advantage of its working pattern, an attempt was made to modify its design slightly to convert the pan from a single massecuite-boiling pan into a double massecuite-boiling pan. The practical experiences are shared in this article.