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Caracterización de la fibra larga y corta en variedades comerciales de caña de azúcar y su impacto en el proceso fabril
(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2021-12-04) Polanco Banderas, Roosembert; Larrahondo, Jesús Eliecer; Zambrano, Yesid Fabián
The long fiber / short fiber ratio is used as a characteristic of milling ease of sugar cane in the sugar process. This relationship is carried out by different methods, among which is the mechanical separation of the two main components of the sugarcane fiber called hard fiber (or long) and "pith" (short fiber), after wet digestion in a "Jeffco" type blaster. Different varieties of sugarcane were evaluated considering the content of foreign matter; total fiber content in cane; agro-ecological zones and were associated with observations or problems found in the milling. The relationship between the long fiber and the "pith" (short fiber) determined in this work varies between 0.4 to 1.2, which, is presented as a useful indicator to predict the ease of preparation and milling of new varieties of sugar cane.