Teknologi Perbaikan Mutu Gula Merah dengan Alat Degumming di Kenagarian Lawang, Kecamatan Matur, Kabupaten Agam

Abstract

Abstrak

Cane mill activities that produce red cane sugar traditionally,has been the main source of income in Lawang village, Agam district since hundreds of years ago.The main weakness was found in the traditional process conducted was quality of product still low with lots gums and water content in the product. A divice to eliminate the gums made of aluminium bulkhead plates and has a vessel gutters for the gums that has been learned in a traditionalcane mill in Lawang village.This device was tested in the cooking pan of sugar cane juice that producesfaster evaporation process and the content of gums and water of product has diminished. Number of baffle and diameter influence the area of rising film evaporation and faster the evaporation process to become 45% than usually got.

Keywords: red cane sugar, lawang village, baffle, rising film evaporation, degumming.