Plate technology boosts capacity at sugar refinery
Indonesia's largest sugar refinery, PT Angels Products, boosted its capacity by installing a sugar evaporation system utilising plate technology from Alfa Laval. It includes three AlfaVap plate evaporators and an AlfaCond condenser.
DATE 2023-11-28Operation Director James R. Isman says: “I have good experience of Alfa Laval and we now have the most efficient, up-to-date evaporators on the market. We are the first sugar refinery in Indonesia to invest in this technology, and others are following.”
Located in Serang on the western side of Java, PT Angels Products imports raw sugar which is refined to produce different grades. The process consists of dissolving the raw sugar in hot water, various purification steps, evaporation of the water, crystallisation and drying. The plant has an output of 1,100 tons of refined sugar per day.
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Products
The AlfaVap evaporator is tailor-made for evaporation and it is particularly efficient at high concentration and high viscosities.
The AlfaCond is the first plate condenser in the world specifically designed for low-pressure vapour condensation in all types of industries.
Benefits
AlfaVap evaporator
- Compact – low installation cost
- High turbulence – less fouling
- Easy to clean and maintain
- Easy to expand capacity – just add plates
AlfaCond condenser
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Compact – low installation cost
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High turbulence – less fouling on cooling water side
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Easy to clean chemically or mechanically
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Easy to expand capacity – just add plates
Customer's voice
The new system reduced steam consumption in the process by about 25%. “The residence time in the vacuum pans is shorter as well, from three to two hours. The AlfaVap evaporators work efficiently, and it has not been necessary to open them.
Process Manager,
Mulyawan Hartanto