A SHORT DURATION MILL TRIAL WITH ELECTROLYZED WATER TO ASSESS ITS IMPACT ON SUGARCANE JUICE QUALITY PARAMETERS

摘要

The sucrose losses after harvest of cane are enormous, leading to decline in sugar recovery. During normal crushing season the post harvest quality sucrose losses are about 1.0 unit during transit however these losses further escalates during processing. These losses are caused by inversion, acid, ethanol and dextran formation in the harvested cane and milled juice. Many chemicals and biocides have been recommended to minimize post-harvest sucrose losses in the field and milling tandem. A study was conducted to assess the efficacy oj chemical (BKC + SMS) and Electrolyzed water (ecofriendly formulation) on the quality of primary juice and mixed juice following their application on fibrized cane in a mill. The results show marked increase in Pol% juice which inclined by 0.41 and 1.68 unit in primary juice and 0.31 and 0.43 unit in mixed juice by EW and chemical treatments respectively. The purity of the juice increased by 3.49 and 1.42 unit in primary juice and 2.82 and 1.36 unit in mixed juice by EW and chemical treatments. There was a marked decline in acid invertase activity and reducing sugar formation in primary and mixed juices treated with these two formulations. Our studies have indicated that it is possible to minimize post harvest processing losses at mill level by the application of electrolyzed water and BKC+SMS based formulations.