Design and arrangement of machinery for a 600 ton beet-sugar factory

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by  Heuchling, Frederick Gustav

Design for a 600 Ton
Beet -Sugar Factory
F. G. Heuchling
19
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Heuchling, Frederick Gustav
Design and arrangement of
machinery for a 600 ton

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Presented "by
EREUERICK GUSTAV EEUCHLING
to the
President and Faculty of
ARMOUR INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY
of
Eor the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Having completed the prescrihed course
of study in ChemiCE,l Engineering
1907
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It is no Icng'er necessary to begin writings relet ing to the
"beet-sugar industry with statistics shewing the importajice of
the enterprise, Beet-sug?.r is an established article of com-
merce and figures are nc longer needed to impress the ma.gnitude
of its manufacture upon the proletariat. Each year v?itnesses
the opening of several new factories in this country, to say
nothing of the steady progress of foreign manufacture.
In no other industrial process are the phenomena of chemistry
more closely linked with the principles of m.achinery and of
engineering, as they are in the manufacture of si;igar from the
sugar beet. These facts render the subject valuable and interest-
ing to one who aims to become a chemical engineer, a/nd led to
the choice of the sugar-beet a.s the topic for this thesis.
)Phen it is desired to construct a beet-sugar factory of
specified daily capacity, in a certain vicinity, it becomes
necessary to prepare preliminary designs of the surroimdings,
the buildings, and the a.rrangement of ma-chinery. This necessity
arises when contracts for the buildings and machinery are let
to the architects and manufacturers. The type, size, and capacity
of each building and piece of apparatus must be specified in
these contracts. The problem resolves itself, then, into one
which is entirely analogous to the design of a power plant;
requiring, however-, less attention to detail than the latter.
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