ARLENE JOY L. PASQUIN
ChE 141
NOVEMBER 25, 2016
Plant O!"#!$
Universal Robina Corporation is known to be the home of the best raw and refined sugar in the country. In more than twenty years of existence, the corporation was still able to maintain its competitiveness in producing good quality products. o be able to understand how this company existed and coped up with the challenges, a little overview will be narrated on this
paper. In !pril "#$%, fifteen Ilonggos, most of which are sugar planters, bound themselves to found an incorporation which could mill and produce sugar as products, thus the birth of &assi 'Iloilo( 'Iloilo( )ugar Central. Central. he said sugar central took two years in the making as it started in "#$* and completed in early "#%+. he sugar central covers an approximately * hectares of land in -rgy -rgy.. Ulang Ulang uan, uan, )an /nriqu /nrique, e, Iloilo Iloilo.. Right Right after after the constru constructi ction, on, the sug sugar ar mill mill starte started d grinding its first crop and begin its commercial operation employing 01+ workers in the mill. 2uring the calendar year "#*34 *0, the sugar mill produces the highest volume of production in &anay. It reaches its highest production with %3", 00$."+ picul levels. In 5ctober ++%, Universal Robina Corporation took the management of the sugar milling company and started milling on 5ctober , ++%. heir dream was to be the biggest and most4 preferred producer and supplier of sugar4 cane products in the &hilippines and be a strong player in the !)/!6 !)/!6 region. hee mill h mill opera operate tess in a five five to six six mo mont nths hs dura durati tion on and and usua usually lly star starts ts grin grindi ding ng on 6ovember and ends up in !pril or 7ay depending on the volume of the cane available to be grinded. It operates 0 hours a day in six ay period and one day shutdown per week. 2uring the times when the cane supply is low or so4 called as 8off season9 the machines used in the plant is
cleaned by contractual workers. !s part of the maintenance of the machines, damaged parts are being replaced to avoid any unexpected shutdowns during the next milling season. he original cost of the mill was :"#.3% million. Plant P"%&!''!' an( E)*#+!nt
!s the URC tries to reach its goals, the production of sugar products from the mill also starts to grow. 5n the average, the central produces an estimated $,+++ piculs of raw sugar 'brown( daily out of the 0,1++ tons cane processed per day as its equivalent. he plant boasts its almost complete equipment and facilities. he plant operates the production of raw sugar starting from the delivered canes from sugar planters. It then passes through a weigh bridge to measure the weight of the canes. he measurement of the weight is done by subtracting the weight of an empty truck from the weight of the truck which contains the canes. !fter weighing, the canes are unloaded to the feeding table while others are piled in the cane yard for the next batch. ;rom the feeding table, canes are being dumped into the auxiliary cane conveyor ofrnaecp.itu2gh ,soreawtvnkifh osc+0bdelatniwrmhycoevtxnfksiru level is also ad=usted to an acidic range of %.* ? *.. It will be heated to about + degree ;ahrenheit and then pumped to the clarifiers. 2uring this stage, the =uice is clarified using a strainer and a mud will be scraped from the strainer. he mud produced is called the filter cake and is used as fertili
7assacuite from the vacuum pans are then transferred to the centrifugal baskets for separation of molasses from sugar crystals. his sugar crystals are the final product and is also known as the 8Raw )ugar9. ;rom the process house, the final product is then bagged into 1+ kg per sack and then stored in a warehouse for distribution to other URC plants, 6estle and 2el 7onte. he resulting product is an I)5 certified. he plant also uses a semi4 automatic control system which is monitored by one person per shift and has one air4 conditioned control room found near the clarifier. In addition to the processes and station, they also have the treatment facilities where the wastewater are being treated. he treatment area is composed of three digestion tanks, two aeration tanks, and a holding tank. ;ertili
Cane Carrying Trucks Source: URC, 2016
Weigh bridge Source: URC, 2016
Mills Feeding Table Source: URC, 2016 Source: URC, 2016
$agasse Source: URC, 2016
!ea#ers Source: URC, 2016
*acuu+ ans Source: URC, 2016
Sugar Warehouse
Turbine "enera#or Se# Source: URC,
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Syru& Clari'erCen#ri%ugal $aske#s Source: URC, 2016 Source: URC, 2016
()a&ora#ors Source: URC, 2016
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! plant tour is a vital experience to every Chemical /ngineering )tudents. It covers the deficiencies of the school in terms of equipment models and process involvements. hrough this activity, the students learn and visuali
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