CONSERVATION OF CANE JUICES IN INTEGRATED PROCESSES OF PRODUCTIONS AND ENERGY COGENERATION

Abstract

From data of scientific-technical publications it was simulated and it estimated under the conditions of the bioethanol industry of Cuba, the value of 75% Brix minimum to that the mash can be stored, without originating risks for contaminations in the process of alcoholic fermentation, with watery activity the sufficiently low that originates an inhibitory osmotic pressure for the polluting microorganisms that usually accompany the blacstrap molasse. The xerofil molds, osmophilous yeasts and halophilous bacterias that escape to this preservation, have not been isolated by many years of characterizations this mash in the country. A test pilot of conservation of very high fiver juices with witness of 17 t of blacstrap molasse diluted to the same %Brix, demonstrated the validity of this alternative for accidental interruptions of the steady state of integrated processes of productions from cane juices.