The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer Volume 32 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...water pipe and 3-inch steamingout pipe. All the pans are connected by a 6-inch syrup pipe on the bottom. One pan is connected directly with the crystallizers and the other two with a chute down into the mixer of the first sugar centrifugals on the ground floor. The water for the condensers is taken from the sea, being pumped up into a tank 20 feet in diameter by 15 feet deep, standing on top of an iron tower 65 feet high, in the yard. There are two salt water pumps, 22-inch+ 21-inch by 24-inch, of the Hall direct acting type, 18-inch suction, 16-inch discharge, and the water gravitates from the tank to the condensers. Such an immense tower is hardly necessary, as the condensers might easily lift their water 15 feet. Crylallizcrs. There are 10 crystallizers, 8 feet 10 inches internal diameter by 19 feet 10 inches long, 9,000 gallons capacity, with jackets for hot or cold water and internal stirrers revolving at the rate of half a revolution per minute, driven by worm gear, each independently from a countershaft driven by an electric motor, which also drives the sugar elevators and scroll conveyor below the crystallizers for conveying the second sugar masse cuite to the centrifugals, as well as the washing machine and hydro extractor for the filter cloths. Centrifugals. These are on the ground floor, arranged in one line, 10 for first sugar and five for second, of the water driven type. The baskets are 40-inch diameter, each driven by a 22-inch diameter Pelton wheel, supplied with water pressure of 180 pounds per square inch by a 22-inch+12-inch by 24-inch Guild & Garrison direct acting duplex pump. The mixers and sugar conveyors are driven by separate water motors, and the mixers are connected by a 14-inch pipe and isolating sluice valves. There is an el...