Membrane distillation for the concentration of raw cane-sugar syrup and membrane clarified sugarcane juice

Advances in Membrane Distillation for Water Desalination and Purification Applications

“…It has been widely tested for the concentration of many juices including orange juice [18], apple juice [119] and sugarcane juice [120].…”

“…The reasons are similar to water treatment in that while RO and evaporators are readily available and commercial, MD struggles to find a niche [212]. The economic drivers in foods industries are similar to water treatment in that MD proposes to be a cheaper alternative to evaporators used to concentrate products including juices and dairy mentioned above, or even sugarcane juice [120]. Evaporators enjoy their state-of-the-art status, long industry experience, and wide variety of suppliers world-wide.…”

Membrane Distillation: Principle, Advances, Limitations and Future Prospects in Food Industry

“…It has been well-established that the combination of MD with other membrane technologies offers important benefits over stand alone use of MD in the concentration of various types of juices including grape juice (Rektor et al, 2007), pineapple juice (Hongvaleerat et al, 2008), kiwi fruit juice , camu-camu juice (Rodrigues et al, 2004), sugarcane juice (Nene et al, 2004) and cactus pear juice . The integration of MD with other membrane operations such as MF, UF, NF, RO and OD permits advantage of achieving high quality fruit juice concentrates with higher economic feasibility.…”

The Application of Membrane Separation Processes as Environmental Friendly Methods in the Beet Sugar Production

“…By this process two streams with different temperatures are separated through a non-wetted microporous membrane. The driving force of the mass transfer is the vapour pressure difference resulting from the temperature gradient across the membrane (Nene et al, 2002). Despite purification steps before the concentration, cane sugar juice still contains high-molecular mass components.…”