EP0020124B1 - Décationisation de solutions aqueuses de sucre - Google Patents

Décationisation de solutions aqueuses de sucre Download PDF

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EP0020124B1
EP0020124B1 EP80301751A EP80301751A EP0020124B1 EP 0020124 B1 EP0020124 B1 EP 0020124B1 EP 80301751 A EP80301751 A EP 80301751A EP 80301751 A EP80301751 A EP 80301751A EP 0020124 B1 EP0020124 B1 EP 0020124B1
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sugar
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Gérard Rousseau
Claude Lamotte
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GENERALE SUCRIERE SA
Rohm and Haas France SAS
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C13—SUGAR INDUSTRY
    • C13B—PRODUCTION OF SUCROSE; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
    • C13B20/00—Purification of sugar juices
    • C13B20/14—Purification of sugar juices using ion-exchange materials
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C13—SUGAR INDUSTRY
    • C13B—PRODUCTION OF SUCROSE; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
    • C13B20/00—Purification of sugar juices
    • C13B20/14—Purification of sugar juices using ion-exchange materials
    • C13B20/142—Mixed bed

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  • This invention is concerned with the purification of (i.e. complete or partial removal of ions and colour bodies from) aqueous sugar solutions.
  • the field to which the invention relates is the purification of solutions in sugar refineries or mills by removal of some or all cations, anions and colour bodies using ion exchange resins.
  • U.S. Patent 2926110 discloses the use of a mixture of weak anion and cation resins to partly desalt and decolourise sugar solutions in a continuous column operation. However this patent teaches the necessity for this purification to be completed by subsequently contacting the partly purified solution with a strong resin. Nowhere is there any teaching that the mixture of weak resins can alone split the impurity salts and satisfactorily purify the solution without inverting the sugar if used in a batch process with a long contact time.
  • this invention provides a process for the decationisation of an aqueous sugar solution wherein the solution is passed into contact with ion exchange resin in a batch reaction, agitated therewith and separated therefrom and wherein the resin comprises a mixture of weak acid cation exchange resin in the hydrogen form and a weak base anion exchange resin, the temperature is 20 to 90°C, preferably 40 to 90°C, most preferably 50 to 65°C, and the contact time between the resin and the sugar solution is at most 90 minutes.
  • Any weak acid cation exchange resin can be used in admixture with the weak base anion exchange resin in the deionisation and decolourisation process of the invention.
  • the most preferred are acrylic acid/divinylbenzene resins such as Amberlite IRC-84 or methacrylic acid/divinylbenzene resins such as Amberlite IRC-50 also commercially available from Rohm and Haas Company.
  • the weak acid cation exchange resins are used in the process of the invention in a mixed bed of resins containing weak base anion exchange resins whereupon deionisation and removal of some colour bodies can be achieved.
  • Any weak base anion exchange resin can be used for this purpose.
  • acrylic anion exchange resins such as the macroreticular resin Amberlite IRA-35 and the gel resin Amberlite IRA-68 (both commercially available from Rohm and Haas Company) since these afford minimal regenerant requirement and optimal decolourisation efficiency.
  • the sugar solutions capable of being treated by the process of the invention may be any aqueous solution of sugar (including molasses) to be found, or which can be made up, in a sugar mill or refinery operation.
  • the impurities generally contained in such solutions are those organic and mineral salts found in the sugar beet and sugar cane, such as betaine, pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, amino acids and sodium and potassium salts.
  • the anion exchange resin will partially or completely deionise the solution by removing the mineral and/or organic acids resulting from the cation exchange to liberate water, the anion exchange resin being in the free base form.
  • the exhausted ion exchange resin will therefore need to be regenerated to remove the exchanged ions and reconvert it to free base form.
  • the anion exchange resin will remove colour bodies usually present in the sugar solution and these can be eluted from the resin along with the exchanged ions during regeneration.
  • Regeneration of the cation exchange resin can be effected in known manner by contacting the exhausted resin with strong mineral acid.
  • Regeneration of the anion exchange resin, and removal of colour bodies therefrom, can conveniently be achieved by contacting the resin with ammonia or a solution of a strong base.
  • the concentrations of solutions which can be treated by the process of this invention may be as high as 88 Brix. This is of course much higher than the concentrations treatable by prior art fixed bed processes.
  • the solutions treated may already be present in the sugar mills or refineries at the indicated concentration or any existing refinery or mill streams which have lower Brix values can be concentrated, for example by evaporation or mixing to increase their Brix values.
  • the invention can be used to treat standard syrup, poor strike machine syrups and molasses.
  • the proportions of resin to sugar which would effectively decationise and deionise the sugar solution depend, amongst other things, on the level and nature of the impurities, the resin chosen, the temperature, concentration and time of contact and will be optimised by trial-and-error experimentation in any particular case.
  • the ratio may be expressed as a ratio of resin volume (mls) to weight of non-sugar (grams) impurities. Depending on the operating conditions, this ratio would generally be 1.0 to 3.0, most usually 1.2 to 1.6, for decationisation alone.
  • temperatures from 20 to 90°C, more preferably 40 to 90°C, most preferably 50 to 65°C, and a contact time of 60 to 90 minutes. Under these conditions solutions up to 88 Brix can be treated.
  • the purity of the treated sugar was increased to 94.5% (from 91.5%) and 75% of the colour bodies were removed as was 62% of the potassium.
  • the sucrose yield is increased by 1.5 times the weight of non-sucrose removed.
  • Amberlite IRA-35 is a macroreticular acrylic weak base anion exchange resin.
  • Amberlite IRA-68 is a gel acrylic weak base anion exchange resin.
  • Amberlite IRC-84 is a gel acrylic acid weak cation exchange resin.

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1. Un procédé pour la décationisation d'une solution aqueuse de sucre dans lequel on fait passer la solution en contact avec une résine échangeuse d'ions selon une réaction discontinue, on l'agite avec elle et on l'en sépare et dans lequel la résine comprend un mélange d'une résine échangeuse de cations faiblement acide sous la forme hydrogène et d'une résine échangeuse d'anions faiblement basique, la température est de 20 à 90°C et la durée de contact entre la résine et la solution de sucre est d'au plus 90 minutes.
2. Procédé selon la revendication 1 dans lequel la solution de sucre a une concentration d'au plus 88° Brix.
3. Procédé selon la revendication 2 dans lequel la température est de 40 à 90°C.
4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1,2 ou 3 dans lequel la durée de contact est de 60 à 90 minutes.
5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1, 2 ou 3 dans lequel le rapport en volume de la résine cationique à la résine anionique est de 1/1 à 1/5 et la durée de contact est de 30 à 90 minutes.
6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes dans lequel l'agitation est effectuée, au moins en partie, par passage d'air à travers le lit de résine et contact avec la solution de sucre.
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