Device having a discontinuously operating centrifuge for separating syrup from sugar massecuites and method for operating such a device

US10549288B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BMA BRAUNSCHWEIGISCHE MASCHINENBAUANSTALT AG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Lehnberger · Braunschweig, DE
• Dirk Spangenberg · Osterwieck, DE
• Igor Djoukwe · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C13B30/06
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A device having a centrifuge operating discontinuously in batch-type manner for separating syrup from sugar massecuites including a centrifuge housing having a wall and a base, as well as a cylindrical centrifuge drum in a centrifuge housing having discharge openings. A first receiving container serves for the reception of a green discharge. A second receiving serves for the reception of a white discharge. A control device and valve or shut-off assemblies controllable by the control device are provided at or in the discharge opening or in connecting lines for the purposes of separating the green discharge and the white discharge. At least one sensor is provided in the transport path of the syrup. The sensor includes a measuring device for the measurement of a physical value which is representative of the difference between green discharge and white discharge. The control device controls the valve or shut-off assemblies in dependence on the measured values of the physical value transmitted by the sensor.