Kanpur News: Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Fiji have sought help from Kanpur. They want to modernize their sugar mills with the help of National Sugar Institute (NSI). Want to make better use of co-products other than sugar. Harbie Dikkumbura of Sri Lanka, Erami S Levaravu of Fiji and Muhammad Mustangin of Indonesia said that the efficiencies of sugar mills are much lower as compared to India. Need help in making it better. At the same time, experts have proposed increasing technological interventions to generate revenue from sugar industry waste, produce green energy, and improve plant efficiency. In several technical sessions, representatives from India, Australia, England, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Fiji etc. brainstormed on the challenges and cutting-edge technology related to the sugar mill and sugar industry.
Selection of molasses sugar industry
Director of the institute Prof. Narendra Mohan gave information to Sheera about Chayanprash of sugar industry. He said that if proper packing is done along with physical-chemical treatment, then molasses will be an excellent and cheap source of carbohydrates, vitamins, nutritious minerals like iron, calcium, magnesium etc. In the expo adjacent to the conference, Ramesh Tiwari and Vijay Mishra of Gambler team told that many formats of sugar are being prepared. Brown sugar, Bura sugar, Icing sugar, Super fine sugar, White sugar are the major ones.
Information given on activated carbon from waste
Pro. D Swain gave information about green energy and Shalini Kumari about the development of activated carbon from sugar industry waste. Geoff Kent from Australia described a technique for achieving maximum sugar recovery using the juice extension system. Suggested to increase technology in sugarcane production. Herbi Dikkumbura, MD of Ceylon Sugar Industry, Prof. Honored Narendra Mohan. Iran’s Elham Berenjian expressed concern over the growing trade in artificial sweeteners in Middle Eastern countries. He said that many countries have imposed tax to reduce sugar consumption, while it is necessary for the governments to spread awareness about it.