Lynne Wong's PhD thesis

LIST OF FIGURES
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Figure 1.1.
Figure 1.2.
Sugar cane growing regions (green) and the three climatic zones
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in Mauritius (Anon., 2006).
Flow-diagram of raw sugar manufacturing process in Mauritius5
(Anon., 1997).
Figure 1.3. Cane sampling by core sampler for analysis. 6
Figure 1.4. Bridging mechanism formed by calcium and phosphate ions 7
during cane juice clarification (Bennett, 1975).
Figure 1.5.
Figure 1.6.
Determination of extraneous matter in cane from a 400 kg load,
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with removed non-cane on both sides and cleaned cane in the
middle.
Changes in fibre % cane, sucrose % cane and sucrose/fibre ratio
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in cane from 1960-2004.
Figure 1.7. Changes in Clerget purity of mixed juice and boiling house 15
recovery (BHR) from 1960-2004.
Figure 1.8.
Changes in fibre % cane, sucrose % cane and sucrose/fibre ratio
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in South African cane from 1960-2004.
Figure 1.9. Changes in purity of South African mixed juice from 1960- 16
2004.
Figure 1.10.
Changes in mill extraction and sucrose lost in bagasse % sucrose
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in cane from 1960-2004.
Figure 1.11. Changes in pol % bagasse from 1960-2004. 24
Figure 1.12. Changes in sucrose lost in filter cake % sucrose in cane from 25
1960-2004.
Figure 1.13.
Changes in Clerget purity of molasses and mass of molasses at
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85° Brix % cane from 1960-2004.
Figure 1.14. Changes in sucrose lost in molasses % sucrose in cane from 26
1960-2004.
Figure 2.1. Jeffco cutter-grinder. 32
Figure 2.2. Cane chipper. 32
Figure 2.3. Pinette Emidecau Press. 32
Figure 2.4. Sugar refractometer. 32