Energy and Productivity Yield Assessment of a Traditional Furnace for Noncentrifugal Brown Sugar (Panela) Production

Noncentrifugal brown sugar (called panela in Colombia) is a natural sweetener obtained from the extraction, purification, and concentration of sugarcane juices. In this work, energy and productivity yield of a traditional furnace for panela production were evaluated, considering five performance ind...

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Main Authors: Luis F. Gutiérrez-Mosquera, Sebastián Arias-Giraldo, Adela M. Ceballos-Peñaloza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Chemical Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6841975