5000TPD Beet Sugar Processing Plant

Project Overview (5000TPD Beet Sugar Processing Plant)

Scale: Daily processing capacity of 5000 tons of sugar beets (5000TPD), annual production period of approximately 150 days, annual processing capacity of 750,000 tons of sugar beets.
Products: Approximately 80,000–90,000 tons/year of refined white sugar/granulated sugar; by-products include pelleted sugar meal (feed), molasses (for alcohol/yeast production), and filter mud (organic fertilizer).
Land Use: Approximately 150–200 mu (including raw material storage yard, production area, finished product warehouse, environmental protection area, and office and living area).

Sugar Process Flow (7 Core Processes)

Raw Material Receiving and Pre-treatment
Unloading by truck/train → Stone removal, impurity removal, iron removal → Spray washing → Shredding.
Extraction (Saccharification)** Vegetable shreds enter a continuous exfoliator (DDS type), where they are extracted countercurrently with 70°C hot water to obtain exfoliated juice (containing 12–14% sugar) and waste meal (pressure filtration → drying → pelleted feed).
Sugar Juice Clarification (Crucial)** Add lime milk (neutralization, impurity removal) → Pass CO₂ (carbonation, precipitation of impurities) → Secondary carbonation → Filtration (plate and frame/vacuum filtration) → Clear juice.
Evaporation and Concentration** A four-effect falling film evaporator, with countercurrent steam, concentrates the clear juice to 60–65% syrup (energy saving, heat recovery).
Crystallization (Sugar Boiling)** Vacuum crystallizer (65–70°C, negative pressure) → Add seed crystals → Concentrate to sugar paste → Aid crystallization (cooling to cultivate crystals).
Melamine Separation (Centrifugal Separation)** High-speed centrifuge: Sugar paste → White sugar crystals + Molasses (mother liquor, which can be further boiled or sold as feed/alcohol raw material). Drying, sieving, and packaging: Fluidized bed drying (hot air) → Cooling → Sieving → Automatic packaging (50kg/bag or small packages) → Finished product warehousing.

Main Equipment List (5000TPD Configuration)

Pretreatment
Beet unloading scraper/tipping machine: 2 sets
Beet washing machine: 4 units (1250t/h)
Beet shredder: 4 units (one in operation, three on standby, 1250t/h)
Diffusing
Horizontal continuous diffuser (DDS): 2 units (2500TPD/unit)
Waste meal filter press: 4 units
Waste meal dryer: 2 sets (drum type, with boiler)
Cleaning
Lime kiln (producing lime): 2 units
Carbonation tower: 4 units (φ5m×20m)
Plate and frame filter press: 8–10 units
Evaporation
Quadrugated evaporator: 1 set (total evaporation capacity 250t/h)
Condensate recovery system: 1 set
Crystallization + Separation
Vacuum crystallizer: 6–8 units (each unit) 50m³
Centrifuges: 12–16 units (vertical fully automatic)
Utilities
Boiler: 2×75t/h medium-pressure steam boilers (coal/biomass)
Circulating water system, wastewater treatment plant (biochemical + deep treatment, achieving discharge standards)
Power distribution, automatic control system (DCS full plant automation)

Key Technical Indicators (Design Values)

Sugar content in sugar beets: 16% (average)
Sugar extraction rate: ≥97%
White sugar yield: 11–12%
Steam consumption: ≤0.45 tons/ton of sugar beets
Electricity consumption: ≤22 kWh/ton of sugar beets
Water consumption: ≤0.6 m³/ton of sugar beets (circulating water reuse rate ≥95%)

Construction Period (18–22 months)

Preliminary procedures: 3–4 months (feasibility study, environmental impact assessment, energy assessment, land acquisition, project approval)
Design: 2–3 months (preliminary design + (Construction drawings)
Civil construction: 6–7 months (main workshop, equipment foundations, utilities)
Equipment manufacturing + installation: 6–8 months (non-standard + standard equipment)
Commissioning + trial production: 2–3 months (single machine → integrated operation → material feeding trial production)
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