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Choice based continuous assessment and grading pattern Credit pattern of B.Sc. Hons. in Sugar Technology Duration: 2 Semesters, Total Credit: 40 Credit offered per Semester: Normal Pace -20, Accelerated Pace – 26, Slow Pace – 12, Add on facility – 28 (26+2*) Paper per Sem Credits L:T:P Credit / Sem. Class /week (hrs) Hard Core 2 4+4=8 Soft Core 2 3+3=6 Electives from Same Discipline Open Elective Add on Elective* /Self Study Practical 1 2 2+2+0 2+2+0 2+1+0 2+1+0 1+1+0 4 4 3 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 100 100 75 75 25 25 25 15 15 05 25 25 15 15 05 50 50 30 30 15 1 2 1+1+0 1 1 25 05 05 15 1 2 0+0+1 1 1 25 05 05 15 2 2+2=4 0+0+2 0+0+2 0+1+3 8+8 0 50 50 50 10 10 10 10 30 30 50 Factory Training / Term work 4 Tutorial Marks /week (hrs) 0 Marks for continuous assessment I II III 1 Credit pattern of M.Sc. in Sugar Technology Duration: 2 Semesters, Total Credit: 36 Credit offered per Semester: Normal Pace -18, Accelerated Pace – 24, Slow Pace – 10, Add on facility – 26(24+2*) Paper per Sem Credits L:T:P Credit / Sem. Class /week (hrs) Hard Core 2 4+4=8 Soft Core 2 3+3=6 Electives from Same Discipline Open Elective Add on Elective* /Self Study Practical 1 2 2+2+0 2+2+0 2+1+0 2+1+0 1+1+0 4 4 3 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 100 100 75 75 25 25 25 15 15 05 25 25 15 15 05 50 50 30 30 15 1 2 1+1+0 1 1 25 05 05 15 1 2 0+0+1 1 1 25 05 05 15 2 2+2=4 0+0+2 0+0+2 0+1+3 8+8 0 50 50 50 10 10 10 10 30 30 50 Factory Training / Term work 4 Tutorial Marks /week (hrs) 0 Marks for continuous assessment I II III 2 List of Core Papers 1. Manufacture - I 6. Sugar Chemistry I 2. Manufacture - II 7. Sugar Chemistry II 3. Manufacture - III 8. Sugar Engineering –I 4. Manufacture – IV 9. Sugar Engineering –II (Capacity) 10. Sugarcane Agriculture 5. Chemical Control List of Soft Core Subjects 1. Sugar Engineering I 12. Chemical Engineering – II (Mechanical Engineering) 2. Sugar Engineering 11. Chemical Engineering – I II 13. Chemical Engineering – III 14. Chemical Engineering – IV (Electrical Engineering) 3. Sugar Engineering III 15. General Botany 4. Sugar Engineering IV 16. General Biochemistry I 5. Statistics 17. General Biochemistry II 6. Statistical Quality Control 18. Plant Biochemistry 7. Industrial Management 19. Industrial Biochemistry 8. Allied Sugar Manufacture 20. General 9. Coproducts of Sugar Industry 10. Cogeneration Industry in Sugar biochemistry practical I 21. General Biochemistry practical II 3 Hardcore Papers SUGAR TECHNOLOGY - I Unit 1 Flow chart of sugar manufacture with introduction to different operations and general working of the factory. Screening of juice – DSM screen, rotary screen, weighing and measurement of juice & water. Mill sanitation – its importance, chemicals used. Juice Heating - Primary and secondary heating, construction & working of tubular heater, direct contact heater & plate heater, vapor line & dynamic juice heater, removal of condensate and non-condensable gases, pressure & vacuum equalization, scaling of tubes, cleaning & testing of heater. Unit 2 Preparation of milk of lime using rotary lime slacker, types of classifiers, storage of lime in tanks, pumping of milk of lime, Specification of burnt lime, storage of burnt lime. Production of sulphur dioxide gas - combustion of sulphur, construction & working of continuous sulphur burner/film type sulphur burner, scrubber/after burner, cooling arrangement, air blower & compressor, automation of sulphur burner, specification of sulphur, storage of sulphur. Unit 3 Composition of cane juice, effect of heating, liming & sulphitation on different constituents of cane juice, defecation & carbonation. Liming and sulphitation vessel – different designs. Principle of subsidation, floc formation, flocculants, significance of pH – temperature - retention time on reducing sugar, effect of cane quality on clarification, importance of clarification. Unit 4 Velocity of juice, importance of flash tank, utilisation of flash vapor, construction & working of multi tray clarifier (Dorr) and short retention time clarifiers, preservation of juice during shut down, clear juice heating and filtration of clear juice, cleaning & maintenance, juice & mud with drawl arrangement. Importance of mud filtration, preparation of mud, description and working of rotary vacuum filter, washing of cake, creation of vacuum – baby condenser, vacuum pump, filtrate clarification system, mud decanters 4 SUGAR TECHNOLOGY - II Unit 1 Introduction to evaporation, factors affecting heat transfer, single effect evaporator, rellieuxs’ principles, multiple effect evaporators - operation and working of quadruple and quintuple effect evaporator, construction & working of rising and falling film evaporators & plate type evaporator, insulation, automation of evaporator. Unit 2 Effect of condensate on heat transfer, methods of condensate extraction, circulation of condensate for heat recovery - flash pot. Effect of non condensable gases on heat transfer, sources of non condensable gases, methods of removal, recovery of heat from non condensable gases. Scaling in evaporators - causes & effects, composition of scales, prevention of scale, chemical and mechanical cleaning, tube replacement, hydraulic test, off-seasonal maintenance work. Unit 3 Entrainment - effect, causes, prevention & control - internal & external catchall. Importance of vacuum, creation of vacuum, distribution of vacuum in evaporator bodies, principle of condensation, types of condensers, construction & working of jet condenser, materials of construction, water requirement, automation of condenser, air ejectors, injection water pumps, construction & working of spray pond & cooling tower. Unit 4 Vapor bleeding for juice heating and pan boiling, steam balance calculations of different evaporator configurations, vapour recompressors (thermo & turbo), efficiency of evaporators – dessin’s formula, steam economy measures adopted at various stations to bring down steam % cane. SUGAR TECHNOLOGY – III Unit 1 Characteristics of syrup, sulphitation of syrup, construction & working of syrup sulphiter, syrup clarification by phosflotation. Temperature and brix of treated syrup, reheating of syrup – syrup concentrator. Clarification of sugar melt by different process. Unit 2 Description of batch pan, continuous pan - design features and operation, advantages & disadvantages of continuous pan. Vertical Continuous Pan – construction & working, pan control instruments, automation of batch & continuous pans - advantages. 5 Unit 3 Classen’s theory of pan boiling, co-efficient of super saturation, crystal per cent in massecuite, Technique of pan boiling, different methods of graining – shock seeding, true-seeding, crystal growth, importance of circulation, natural circulation, forced circulation, heat transfer mechanism, conglomeration, false grain formation, molasses conditioner, factors affecting massecuite per cent cane. Unit 4 Boiling schemes (4, 3 & 2), cobenze’s method of purity control - grain charge purity, grain cut purity, control of massecuite purity, quantities of feed material required in tones and volume, steam requirement for pan boiling, calculation of massecuite % for various boiling schemes, exhaustion of molasses - factors affecting etc. SUGAR TECHNOLOGY – IV Unit 1 Crystallisation while cooling, air cooled & water cooled crystalliser, vertical crystalliser, cooling and reheating of massecuites, transient heater, molasses exhaustion, saturation temperature, mechanical details of crystalliser drive, receiving crystalliser, pumping of massecuite. Unit 2 Theory of centrifugals, gravity factor, types of centrifugals, description & operation of continuous centrifugals, description of batch centrifugal with AC & DC drives, operation of automatic batch centrifugals, single & double curing, washing of sugar, super heated wash water system, molasses/syrup separator, drying of sugar in centrifugals. Microprocessor-based controls, timing of different operations in a curing cycle, regenerative braking, mesh arrangements, pugmill, magma mixer, molasses pumps, weighing and storage final molasses. Unit 3 Characteristics of sugar, construction and working of hopper drier, fluidized bed drier, rotary drier, sieving of sugar -grader, bins, dust collectors, hazards due to sugar dust, grading of sugar, sugar standards, specifications of raw sugar, white sugar and refined sugar. Keeping quality of sugar, safety factor, specification of gunny bag, Sugar bins, storage conditions in godown, construction of godown. 6 Unit 4 Manufacture of raw sugar in India, process of clarification & pan boiling, storage & handling of raw sugar. Manufacture of refined sugar from raw sugar – clarification and pan boiling, Manufacture of sugar cubes & granulated sugar, liquid sugar. SUGAR TECHNOLOGY -V (CAPACITIES) Selection of site for a sugar factory – economics of factory location, types of layout, gravity & non-gravity plants, cane yard, cane area, electricity & water requirement. Capacity of cane handling equipments, feeder table, cane carrier (width, length and drive), preparatory devices, crushing capacity of mills, increase of capacity – due to TRPF/GRPF, Zeroth mill. Power required for preparatory devices, cane carriers and mills, mill drive (turbine, electric & hydraulic). Unit 2 Boiler and Electrical: Heating surface of boiler, rating of ID & FD fans, capacity of feed water pumps. Capacity of boiler, turbines & alternators for cogeneration, power factor, energy conservation measures (steam & electrical), steam and power balance of factory. Unit 3 Clarification Raw juice and maceration pump capacities, juice screening, juice & water weighing scale. Juice heater–heating surface, calculation of diameter of steam / vapour pipe, condensate pipe, non-condensable gas outlet pipe. Capacity of sulphitation tanks, sulphur furnace, air compressor, blower, lime slacker, milk of lime pump, dorr clarifier, rotary vacuum filter & vacuum pump. Unit 4 Evaporator & Pan Boiling Calculation of heating surface of multiple effect evaporator, calculation of specific evaporation coefficient (Dessin), diameter of vapour inlet & outlet, capacity of condenser, injection and spray pumps, mist cooling system, cooling water requirement, condensate extraction pump, syrup sulphitation tank. Capacity of supply tanks, capacity of pans by massecuite % cane & solid balance methods, S/V ratio, capacity of crystalliser, centrifugals, molasses pumps, hopper, grader, sugar bins, auto-weighing system, final molasses weighing scale & storage tanks, sugar godown. 7 SUGAR TECHNOLOGY -VI (Milling Control) Unit 1Technical definitions: Fundamental formulae for cane, added water, mixed juice and bagasse; calculation of brix % bagasse, fibre % bagasse, fibre % cane, undiluted juice lost in bagasse % mixed juice, undiluted juice lost in bagasse % fibre, added water % fibre, added water % mixed juice, added water extracted in mixed juice % added water in cane. Unit 2Methods of Control: Concept of refractometric brix, true purity, differential and inferential methods, primary extraction, secondary extraction using simple and compound imbibition schemes, ideal extraction, mill extraction, brix curves, brix free cane water, lost juice per cent fibre, reduced mill extraction (Deerr), Whole Reduced extraction (Mittal Formula), E R Q V, Cane preparatory index – Aldrich / Rayner CSIR Australian Method; Methods of comparison of milling efficiency of factories. Unit 3 Inferential methods: Calculation of bagasse per cent cane, mixed juice per cent cane, brix per cent cane, undiluted juice per cent cane, undiluted juice in mixed juice per cent cane, added water per cent cane and calculation of weight of cane. Unit 4 Mathematical formula Bagasse per unit cane, mixed juice per unit cane and added water per unit cane. SUGAR TECHNOLOGY VII (Boiling House Control) Unit 1 S J M Formula and its postulates, Winter’s formula, relation between S J M formula and Winter - Carp’s formula; Difference between commercial sugar, standard granulated and Equivalent Standard Granulated (E S G), Difference between E S G and Java Crystal, calculation of E S G, calculation of clarification factor, actual molasses per cent theoretical molasses and non-sugar in molasses per cent non sugar in mixed Juice. Unit 2 Calculation of Boiling House Recovery, Basic Boiling House Recovery, Boiling House Performance and Boiling House Recovery (E S G). Comparison of boiling house efficiency of different factories, virtual Purity of waste molasses, Reduced Boiling House Recovery (Deerr) and Reduced Boiling House Recovery (Gundu Rao), Reduced overall Extraction. Unit 3 Preparation of various balances viz, pol balance, brix balance, non sugar balance and crystal balance; comments on various balances and known and unknown sugar losses. 8 Unit 4 Time Account: Capacity utilisation, crushing rate / 24 hours operation and crushing rate / 22 hours operation, Downtime analysis. Hard core: GENERAL CHEMISTRY - I Organic Chemistry …… Unit I: Stereoisomerism Conformational, geometrical and optical isomerism, enantiomers, diastereomers, racemic modifications, racemisation and R/S configuration. Unit II: Carbohydrates: Monosaccharides; classification, properties, reactions, inter conversion (taking glucose as example), cyclic structures of glucose and fructose, fischer's synthesis. Di & oligosaccharides; classification, properties, structure of maltose, lactose, sucrose & raffinose. Polysaccharides; classification, polysaccharides of sugarcane, structure and properties of cellulose, starch and dextran. Unit III: Sucrose Physical & chemical properties (Oxidation, Hydrolysis, Alkaline degradation, thermal degradation), uses of sucrose (food applications, feedstock for chemical synthesis, fermentation feed stock, pharmaceutical applications), nutritional aspects. Derivatives of Sucrose; ethers, esters, nitrogen containing compounds, sulphur containing compounds, oxidation compounds from enzyme isomerization, polymeric intermediates. Sugar Alcohols; occurrence, manufacture of sorbitol, mannitol & xylitol. Unit IV: Coloring Matters in Sugar Manufacture Nature of coloring matter present in sugarcane juice and their role in the development of color in sugarhouse products. General nature, structure and synthesis of anthocyanidin and anthocyanin taking cyanidin and cyanin as example. Relationship between anthocyanidin and flavanol. 9 Hard core: General Chemistry II Physical Chemistry Unit I Colligative Properties Definition and examples vapor pressure, Raoults law, elevation of boiling point, elevation in boiling point during pan boiling due to brix and hydrostatic head. Diffusion, Diffusion through cane - Milling process. Osmosis; Reverse Osmosis. Chemical kinetics Order of a reaction, Mechanism of chemical reactions-Inversion of sucrose, Role of inversion of sucrose in Sugar Industry, mutarotation of sugars. Unit II Crystallization Laws of crystallization, kinetics of crystal growth; rate of growth, concentration, temperature, stirring, mechanism of growth (diffusion, viscosity, colloids, crystallographic considerations) impurities, dissolution & regrowth Indexing of crystal faces, crystallographic zones, forms of sucrose crystals, physical properties & internal structure, impurities in sucrose crystals. Colloids Properties, isoelectric point, zeta potential, colloids in cane juice, elimination of colloids in clarification process. Unit III Adsorption Physical adsorption, chemisorption, adsorption of coloring matter, use of active carbons in refineries, regeneration of active carbons. Ion Exchange Resins Types, theory of ion exchange process, capacity of resins, different techniques of ion exchange, regeneration of resins, applications in sugar industry. Unit IV Electrochemistry: Conductance measurements, solubility product, precipitation reaction in clarification process in sugar manufacture, relation of conductivity of sugar solutions to their ash content, Cuitometer. EMF measurements; measurement of pH using hydrogen electrode, colorimetric methods. Corrosion Manifestations of corrosion, types, theories, effect of pH, nature of metal and dissolved oxygen on corrosion, corrosion inhibition by painting, phosphating and anodic-cathodic protection, corrosion in sugar factory. 10 Soft Core: GENERAL BOTANY (2 credits) Unit I Plant cell structure and organization; functions of plant cell organelles, diversity, characteristics and classification of plants. Plant reproduction; heredity and evolution; elements of ecology and types of habitats. Unit II A generalized survey of the plant kingdom based mainly on study of similarities and differences in their external features with examples from viruses, bacteria, protozoa, algae, fungi, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Unit III Anatomy of Sugarcane: The stem, leaves, root system & the flower. Unit IV History, taxonomy, distribution of cane, area of production, productivity in India, major sugarcane producing countries, present position of sugarcane cultivation and sugar production in India, fluctuations in sugarcane production. Soft Core: GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY I (3 credits) Unit I Acidity and alkalinity: pH and pKa values and their effects on cellular activities; Buffers. Unit II Chemistry/structures of carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids. Unit III Chemistry of amino acids, proteins and their derivatives; methods of isolation and identification. Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures of proteins. Determination and biochemical applications of the structures of proteins. Unit IV Nomenclature of nucleosides and nucleotides.Effects of acid and alkali on hydrolysis of nucleic acids. Structure of DNA and RNA; prokaryotic versus eucaryotic organisms. 11 Soft Core: GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY II (ENZYMOLOGY) (3 credits) Unit I Introduction to Enzymes: types, properties, classification and nomenclature, Unit II Structures and functions of vitamins and coenzymes; Inhibition mechanisms in enzymecatalyzed reactions. Effects of temperature, pH, inhibitors etc on enzyme-catalyzed reactions. Michaelis-Menten equation. Unit III Allosteric/regulatory enzymes; Active sites of enzymes; Estimation of kinetic parameters – enzyme activities, Vmax, Ki, etc. Isolation, purification and characterization of enzymes. Unit IV Brief study on Amylase, Dextran Sucrase and Dextranase. Soft Core: PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY (3 credits) Unit I Organization of plant cells; Brief study on plant metabolites and their role Unit II The plant cell wall structure, formation and growth; Lignin formation; Free amino acids, pyrimidines, purines and nucleosides in plants; Unit III Metabolism of auxins, gibberellins and cytokinins; synthetic growth regulators and herbicides and herbicides; Structure – function relationship of plant hormones. Unit IV Photosynthesis in C3 and C4 Plants, synthesis of starch and Sucrose. 12 Soft Core: INDUSTRIAL BIOCHEMISTRY (3 Credits) Unit I Historical aspects; Scope of microbiology; General characteristics of micro-organisms, growth and reproduction, sterilization and disinfection; Unit II Brief survey of microbes as friends and foes. Brief study on Lactic acid bacteria and Leuconostoc mesenteroides and their significance in Sugar Industry. Unit III A review of general pathways, control and application of industrial processes; Continuous culture methods; principles and applications; The chemostat and its application in industrial fermentations – alcoholic, amino acids, antibiotics, and other secondary metabolites. Primary and secondary metabolism; Process evaluation and development; over production of metabolites – amino acids, taste enhancers, vitamins, toxins, etc; Unit IV Methods for screening and selecting micro-organisms and plants for the purpose of overproduction; Strain selection / development and enhancement; Gene dosage and its applications in industrial processes. Soft core: Microbiology practical (3 credits) 1. Microscopy, preparation of glassware, media and sterilization 2. Preparation of culture media for bacteria 3. Pure culture of bacteria 4. Measurement of the size of bacterial cell 5. Motility of bacterial cell 6. Staining of microorganisms 7. Measurement of bacterial number in sugarcane juice 8. Demonstration of the production of extra cellular enzymes by bacteria 9. Microbial examination of water 10. Evaluation of antimicrobial chemical agents 13 Soft Core: General Biochemistry Practical I (3 credits) 1. Preparation of buffers 2. Paper chromatographic separation of sugars 3. Column chromatography of pigments 4. Two-dimensional paper chromatographic separation of sugars 5. Estimation of protein by Lowry’s method 6. Electrophoretic separation of proteins 7. Extraction of total lipids Soft Core: General Biochemistry Practical II (Enzymology) (3 Credits) 1. Quantitative estimation of enzyme activity from Sugarcane juice a) Amylase c) Dextran sucrase b) Invertase 2. Effect of i)Enzyme Concn iv) Temperature ii)Substrate Concn v) Metal ions iii) pH on amylase, invertase and Dextran sucrase activity. Soft core: CHEMISTRY PRACTICAL Organic Chemistry 1. Qualitative analysis of sugars (Mono and disaccharides). 2. Preparation of crystalline derivatives of sugars. 3. Preparation of acetanilide and glucose penta acetate. 4. Estimation of nitrogen (Kjeldahl’s methods). Physical Chemistry 1. Determination of specific rate of inversion of sucrose in presence of mineral acids. 2. Measurement of viscosity of sugar solution, syrup and massecuite. 3. Conductivity measurement – Determination of ash in sugars and juices by conductance methods. 4. Verification of absorption isotherm – Determination of efficacy of active carbon. 5. Colloids – Preparation of Fe(OH)3, As2O3 sols. 14 6. Determination of isoelectric point of colloids. 7. Determination of colloid content of cane juice. 8. Determination of calcium in lime stone by redox method. 9. Determination of total hardness of water by EDTA method. 10. Conductometric determination of total acidity & alkalinity of waste water. Hard core: SUGARCANE AGRICULTURE I Unit I Soil & Climate: Types of soils, properties of soil – Visual & morphological properties, analytical properties, fertility & soil problems, sustaining fertility, soil conservation – practices, optimum climatic conditions, sugarcane agro climatic zones in India. Planting: Preparatory tillage, planting time, selection of seed cane, methods of planting - flat, ridges & furrows, trench, IISR 86206, ring, spaced trans planting & polybag seedling transplanting method. Unit II Growth of Sugarcane: Germination, development of shoot & root - factors affecting, tillering, growth of leaves, internodes & stem, factors influencing cane growth, formation and storage of sugar in cane. Irrigation: Water requirement, scheduling, method of irrigation – surface, overhead or sprinkler, drip irrigation, water quality, water logging, drainage – side, main & infield drains. Unit III Manuring Cane nutrition, functions of macro & micro (trace) nutrients, fertilizers – N, P, K, S, Ca & Mg carriers, Mixed or compound fertilizers, biofertlizers, foliar applications, fertigation, organic & green manuring, time & method of application, visual symptoms of nutrient deficiencies and disorders. Ripening Methods of judging ripeness or maturity, factors affecting ripening, accelerating ripening, chemical ripeners. Unit IV Harvesting Manual & mechanical harvesting of cane, transportation of cane, post harvest deterioration of sugarcane – causes, effect & losses, effect of extraneous matter (tops/trash) on processing, burning of cane. Ratooning 15 Historical background, nomenclature, definition, yield & quality, number of ratoons, advantages and disadvantages, area and productivity, causes for low ratooning, tillering, verities for good ratoons, removal of compaction, gap filling, fertilizer application, water requirement. SUGARCANE AGRICULTURE II Unit I Weeds Common weeds, aquatic weeds, losses due to weeds, methods of weed control – mechanical, manual, chemical (time, method & dosage), integrated weed management, measures to reduce the weeds. Unit II Pests Leaf eating & sucking insects, stalk attacking insects, root attacking insects, soil insects & Non insect species. Unit III Diseases Major diseases (red rot, smut, pineapple, mosaic, wilt etc), period of occurrence, control measures (chemical & biological), losses due to pests & diseases, plant protection measures. Unit IV Sugarcane breeding Cane verities, development of new varieties and their propagation. biotechnology – utility of tissue culture for sugarcane improvement. Application of Soft core paper 1 (Allied Sugar Manufacture) Unit I Manufacture of Beet Sugar Introduction to beet sugar industry, agro-climate condition for cultivation of sugar beet; distribution of sugar in beet, harvesting, transport, dirt removal, beet handling, fluming, beet feeders, trash catchers, tail separators, beet washers, diffusion, clarification and other processes. 16 Unit II Manufacture of Raw Sugar Specification of raw sugar, process of clarification, process of boiling and boiling schemes, storage, transport of raw sugar, keeping quality. Manufacture of Refined Sugar Refining quality of raw sugar – evaluation, calculation of raw value. Affination, clarification, decolorisation, evaporation and pan boiling, centrifugation, sugar drying and conditioning, packing, storing. Refined sugar products – cubes & tablets, granulated sugar, liquid sugar. Unit III Manufacture of Speciality Sugars Transformed sugar, cocrystallised sugar, fondant sugar, free flowing brown sugar, natural sugar granules (molasses, honey), pharmaceu-tical sugars, gelling sugar, reduced calorie sugar, fortified sugar, amorphous sugar, bura sugar & rock candy. Unit IV Manufacture of Khandasari Sugar Juice extraction, clarification process, open pan boiling, crystallisation, centrifuging, drying and storage, advantages & disadvantages of Khandasari sugar. Manufacture of Jaggery Juice extraction, clarification and boiling, moulding and packing, composition, advantages & disadvantages of due to jaggery production. Soft core Paper 2 CO-PRODUCTS OF SUGAR INDUSTRY Unit 1 Bagasse Composition of bagasse, fuel value, use of bagasse for - paper, fibreboard, particleboard, medium density board, xylitol, furfural, ethanol, plastics production. Use as cattle feed, agriculture mulch and for biocompost. Unit 2 17 Filter Cake: Characteristics of filter cake, use of filter cake as manure, for production of cane wax. Unit 3 Molasses Composition, alcoholic fermentation -manufacture of rectified spirit, denatured spirit and absolute alcohol; Non alcoholic fermentation - manufacture of acetone and butanol, lactic acid, citric acid, monosodium glutamate, bakers yeast and Cattle feed, disposal and classification of molasses. Unit 4 Cogeneration Soft core Paper 3 SUGAR ENGINEERING -I Unit I Combustion of fuel Chemical principles, air for combustion; calorific values of different fuels – bagasse, firewood, coal, and furnace oil - special characteristics of bagasse combustion, fuel economy, products of combustion, heat losses in flue gas. Unit II Boilers & furnace Classification, boiler mountings and accessories, description and working of highpressure boilers, performance of boilers, equivalent evaporation, thermal efficiency of boilers, heat transfer in boilers, safety precautions, Indian boiler regulations in brief. Requirements in furnace design, control of furnace operations, types of furnaces Spreader Stroker, Pulsating Grate, Dumping Grate, Travelling Grate, furnace cleaning. Natural and artificial draught - Induced draught, forced draught, balanced draught, chimney, flue ducts. Description and working of super heaters, economisers, air preheater and their contribution to heat recovery. Combustion control, three element water level regulators, instruments used in furnaces, operation and control. Unit III Boiler feed water Contamination, de-aerator, feed water specifications, importance of boiler feed water and condensates and make up water. Properties of steam Formation of steam, total heat of water; dryness fraction, liquid heat; latent heat and sensible heat; wet, dry saturated & superheated steam, use of steam tables 18 Entropy Introduction, entropy of a substance, gases & steam. Isotropic process of steam, throttling process, temperature – entropy diagram, isothermal and adiabatic line, enthalpy – entropy diagram. Unit IV Steam turbines Classification – description & working of backpressure, extraction, and condensing type turbines. Soft core paper 4 SUGAR ENGINEERING - II (Hrs: 60) Unit 1 Cane Handling Weighing equipments – calibration of weigh bridge, Cane handling equipments–grab, sling & bar etc, feeder table, auxiliary carrier, cane carrier, kicker. Preparatory index and its importance, description & working of preparatory devices– knives, shredder, fibrizer - merits and demerits. Unit 2 Cane Milling Feeding of cane – inter-carrier, donnelly chute, auto cane carrier, pressure feeders, construction & working of three-roller mill, hydraulic pressure system, pressure regulators, grooving of roller, lotus rollers, trash plate, mill drives – steam turbine, electric & hydraulic type – advantages & disadvantages. Types of mills; self - setting, auto setting mills – comparison, calculation of mill settings. Automation of mills. Factors affecting capacity & efficiency of milling, brix curves, re-absorption of juice in mills, merits and demerits of crushing cane in mills, maceration and imbibition, sugar losses in milling - mill sanitation. Unit 3 Cane Diffusion Extraction of juice from cane by diffusion, description & working of cane diffusers, bagasse diffusion, dewatering, comparison of milling & diffusion. Sugar beet diffusion description & working of beet diffusers. 19 Unit 4 Lubrication Science of friction & lubrication, types of lubricants, properties of a good lubricant, methods of lubrication, lubricators. Plain bearings, grooving, antifriction bearings. Gears & their lubrication, types of gear tooth. Lubrication of mills, turbines, crystallizers, centrifugals etc in a sugar factory. Soft core paper 5 MANAGEMENT (Topics may be discussed with relevance to sugar industry) Unit I Management Theory Evolution of management – traditional management, scientific management, principles of management, latest management theories, management functions. Forms of Business Organisation Introduction, definitions, Types of business organization – Private, Partnership, Joint stock companies (Private & Public limited company), Cooperative societies, State ownership, Public corporations – advantages, disadvantages & distinction. Unit II Administrative & Management Structure Introduction, Board of directors – Managing director, Company secretary, General Manager, Personnel Manager, Division of labour, Chain of command, delegation of authority & responsibility, line - staff organisation, financial organisation. Purchase & Sales Organisation Functions, methods of purchasing, Store keeping - methods of storing, system of location of materials, spare parts management, stock or inventory control -functions of sales department. Unit III Personnel Department Functions, recruitment procedure, training, discipline, motivation, safety, welfare, personnel administration. Production & Productivity Definition, factors affecting productivity, improvement of productivity, product quality, total quality management (TQM). Quality Circle program. 20 Unit IV Finance Management Elements of cost – calculation of different costs, calculation of indirect expenses. Depreciation – definition, obsolescence methods of calculating depreciations – interest on capital, idleness, maintenance - equipment replacement policy, loss & profit, budgetary control. Industrial Acts Factories act, acts governing electricity, boiler, industrial disputes, compensation, wages, ESI & trade union (in brief). Open elective paper STATISTICS (Elementary knowledge of subject is to be imparted with emphasis on solving numerical problems) Unit I Introduction Importance of statistics, applications in finance, production, marketing, management & economics, limitations of statistics. Collection of Data Classification, elements, variables & observations, methods of collection, data sources. Unit II Statistical Methods Measures of central tendency (location): – definition, arithmetic average, mean, median, mode percentiles & quartiles - exercises. Measures of Dispersion (variability): - definition, range, mean deviation, standard deviation - exercises. Skewness, Moments & Kurtosis – definitions, measures of Skewness, exercises. Correlation – definition, types, methods of studying - exercises. Regression – definition, methods of studying - exercises. Interpolation & Extrapolation – definition, significance, methods of interpolation exercises. Unit III Statistical Quality Control Definition, types, advantages, sampling techniques, control charts - exercises. Unit IV Application to Sugar Industry Sugar factory operation and control using cane & process data, types of reports – Daily(DMR), monthly(RT 7C) & yearly(RT 8C) manufacturing report 21 SUGAR TECHNOLOGY PRACTICAL – I 1. Preparation of Reagents for clarification, Basic lead Acetate, Alumina Cream, Deleading Solution. 2. Determination of total soluble solids by –Refractometer, Brix Spindle. 3. Determination of pol and calculation of purities in juices, syrups, massecuites and other boiling house products. 4. Determination of sucrose and calculation of Gravity purity in juice, syrups, massecuite and other boiling house products by; a) Double polarisation method b) Jackson & Gillis method 5. Preparation of chemicals for reducing sugars determination. 6. Determination of reducing sugars in juices, syrups, massecuite, molasses etc., by a) Eynon and Lane Method b) Potassium –Ferricyanide Method 7. Determination and calculation of total sugars in various boiling house products. 8. Determination of sulphited ash in juices, syrups massecuites, molasses etc. 9. Preparation of indicator solutions and test papers for pH determination of – a) Raw Juice (Methyl orange) b) Sulphited Juice (BTB solution & Papers) c) Water (phenolphthalein papers) d) Syrup 10. Determination of pH of various cane sugar products by different methods; SUGAR TECHNOLOGY PRACTICAL-II 1. Preparation of chemicals for CaO determination. 2. Determination of CaO in clear juice, syrups, molasses etc. by different methods: a) EDTA method (Indicator required to be used for CaO + MgO & only for CaO be clearly informed and one experiment determining MgO be carried out) b) Ammonium Oxalate method c) Soap method. 3. Preparation of chemicals for phosphate determination. 4. Determination of phosphate content in juices by; a) Uranium Acetate method. b) Ammonium Molybdate method. 5. Preparation of acid and alkali solutions of different strengths. 6. Determination of Alkalinity and acidity in juices etc. 7. Determination of SO2 content in juices and syrups. 8. Analysis of Sugarcane for – a) Sugar % b) Fibre % - both direct and indirect methods. 22 SUGAR TECHNOLOGY PRACTICAL-III 1. Analysis of bagasse for moisture and pol % 2. Analysis of filter cake for moisture % and pol % 3. Preparation of solutions and determination of sugar traces in condensate water by – a) - naphthol Test b) Concentration procedure. 4. Determination of Crystal % massecuite by a) Ash Method b) Non Sugar Method c) Laboratory Centrifuge 5. Determination of available sugar in cane, juices, syrups, massecuites & molasses. 6. Analysis of jaggery and calculation of net rendement. 7. Determination of turbidity in juices by turbidity meter. 8. Boiler Water analysis for its major constituents 9. Determination of Starch & Dextran in sugar house products. 10. Determination of size of crystal in–seed slurry and different massecuites. 11. Determination of the colour of the sugar & sugar houses products. References: Organic Chemistry 1. Organic Chemistry by R.T. Morrison & R.N. Boyd. 2. Organic Chemistry by Part I – I L Finar. 3. Principles of Sugar Technology - Volume I by P Honig. 4. An Introduction to carbohydrate chemistry – J.Haneymon and Guthrie Organic Chemistry Practical 1. Vogel’s Text Book of Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th edition. – B S Furniss, A J Hannaford, P W G Smith, and A R Tatehell. 2. 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