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[Image: Graduate students, Nicholas Gil and John White in Process Development Lab]Degree Courses
Information on sugar engineering degree courses and degree program at Audubon.
[Image: test]Patents, Journal Publications and Presentations
This annual collection of files reflects the manuscripts that were submitted to or published in refereed and non-refereed journals, patents filed, presentations along with posters presented at technical conferences from 2001 to present.
[Image: Raw Sugar Color Graph]Production and Storage of VHP (very high pol) and VLC (very low color) Sugar
Dr. Vadim Kochergin of Audubon Sugar Institute, LSU AGCenter conducted research from data collected during the 2008 sugarcane harvest grinding season. This project was funded in 2008 by the Dedicated Research Funding Committee of the American Sugar Cane League and published in February 2009, Volume 87, Number 5, pages 19-20 of The Sugar Bulletin.
[Image: Figure 1]Optimization of Low Grade Boiling Procedures
The following is a report written by Dr. Vadim Kochergin, Audubon Sugar Institute, LSU AgCenter from data collected during the 2008 sugarcane harvest and can be found in The Sugar Bulletin: March 2009, Volume 87, Number 6, Pages 16-20. This research project was funded in 2008 by the Dedicated Research Funding Committee of the American Sugar Cane League.
Glossary of Sugar Processing Terminology
This glossary of technical terms commonly used in sugar processing is provided to you by P. W. Rein, referenced from his book entitled, "Cane Sugar Engineering", that was published in 2006 by Bartens, a world-renowned sugar sweetener publisher.
[Image: Louisiana Sugarcane Burning]Louisiana Sugarcane Burning
Why is the sugarcane industry important to Louisiana? Why do farmers burn sugarcane in the first place? What are the benefits of burning sugarcane? Find these answers and more.
Louisiana Plant Data
Provides information on equipment used in the Louisiana sugar mills.
[Image: Cora Texas Manufacturing Co. sugar factory at White Castle, La]Sugar processing in Louisiana
Of all the U.S. sugar-producing areas,Louisiana is the oldest and most historic. Sugarcane arrived in Louisiana in1751 with the Jesuit priests who planted it near where their church now stands on Baronne Street in New Orleans. The Louisiana sugarcane industry is in its third century of uninterrupted sugar production.
Audubon Sugar Institute Funded Projects
Provides a list of projects at Audubon Sugar Institute funded by Louisiana Board of Regents and USDOE
[Image: A Rotary Drum Filter at a Louisiana Sugar Mill]Recommendations for Filter Operation
Provides technical information on Filter Operation at the Louisiana sugar mill
[Image: The inverse relationship of A Massecuite crystal content with its quantity]Monitoring High Grade Massecuite Exhaustion using Crystal Content
The overall objective of sugar pan boiling is to crystallize as much sugar as possible, while still producing crystal of the required size and with a good size distribution.
A Factory Method for Determination of Amylase Functioning
The following procedure can be used to determine whether sufficient amylase is being added to reduce starch concentrations.
[Image: ASI Open House]Audubon Sugar Institute History
In 1880 ninety-five percent of the sugarcane in the United States was grown in Louisiana. Then the introduction of government tariffs on domestic sugarcane production further threatened the survival of the Louisiana sugar industry. Visit here for a presentation with audio about ASI's history from the beginning in 1885 to the present.
CRIS Projects
Provides a list and synopses of all approved projects that are reported to LAES and USDA.
Milling Seminar 2005
Provides PowerPoint slides presented at Audubon Sugar Institute's Milling Seminar held May 11, 2005.
[Image: Recommended Points of Dextranase Addition in a Mill Train]Recommendations for Use of Dextranase
Provides technical information for the Louisiana sugar industry on dextranase usage.
How to Handle Hard-to-Boil Massecuite?
Provides technical information to the Louisiana sugar industry on handling the HTB phenomenon.
2007 Juice Survey Reports
Analytical data for juice samples during 2007 grinding season.
2003 Juice Survey
Analytical Data for Juice samples during 2003 Grinding season
[Image: Cover of Nicolas Gil's Paper presented at the Colombian Association of Sugar Cane Technologists's conference in Cali, Colombia in 2006]Research Paper Presented at 7th Congress of the Colombian Association of Sugarcane Technologists
ASI Graduate Student, Nicholas Gil presented a paper on his research to add value to sugar cane leaves and tops at the 7th Congress of the Colombian Association of Sugarcane Technologists in Cali, Colombia.
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