Overview of the environmental problems in beet sugar processing: possible solutions

Environmental problems in the traditional beet sugar processing are mainly realted to the production of large amounts of pulp, the consumption of large quantities of lime, the production of vinasse and the consumption of energy and water. It is proposed to utilize the pulp and acrbonation sludge for the production of paper, to utilize vinasse for the production of compost, to utilize new technologies for eleiminating the use of lime, to apply the pinch analysis to the new technologies for drastically reducing both the water and the energy consumptio