Continuous process for sugar syrup clarification through adsorption with a highly porous agent.
When sugar dissolves in water, the organic and inorganic matter adhered to the walls of the sugar crystals becomes part of the syrup, adding color, odor and turbidity. Adding activated carbon, which presents a massive surface area, the adsorption of those impurities is achieved.
- The equipment is applicable for sugar syrups with turbidity low enough to achieve the necessary value, depending on the final product. The decolorization is made with syrups that have low or medium color level.
- Decoactive uses a set of tanks to generate a specific contact time between the sugar syrup and a highly porous agent (most commonly activated carbon) in order to adsorb impurities.
- Decoactive is designed to be fully integrated with Aneko’s Contimix (for sugar dissolving), Batchdos (for chemical reagents dosage), and Decoflot (for previous treatment if necessary).