Sugar production in common with many large-scale manufacturing industries uses a lot of energy and other resources eg water and has a potential major impact on the environment. British Sugar have for many years been using innovative technologies to utilise many of the outputs from their factories. They have recycled, reused and valorised many of their outputs as co-products and reduced both manufacturing and agricultural inputs to optimise processing and minimise their environmental impact leading to more sustainable manufacturing.
This on line presentation by Professor Julian Cooper will provide an introduction to sugar and outline the basic sugar production process briefly describing the chemistry involved. The major part of the presentation will concentrate on the improvements and additions to the basic process eg Combined Heat and Power (CHP), use of agricultural co-products, horticulture using low grade heat and CO2, large scale chromatographic separation and utilisation of sugar streams for production of bioethanol. The impact of these innovations will be discussed and how the principles may be transferable to other large-scale industries.
This on line presentation by Professor Julian Cooper will provide an introduction to sugar and outline the basic sugar production process briefly describing the chemistry involved. The major part of the presentation will concentrate on the improvements and additions to the basic process eg Combined Heat and Power (CHP), use of agricultural co-products, horticulture using low grade heat and CO2, large scale chromatographic separation and utilisation of sugar streams for production of bioethanol. The impact of these innovations will be discussed and how the principles may be transferable to other large-scale industries.
