Sugar Evaporators
Protect your customers’ sugar evaporators from scaling with Dow ACUMER™ Scale Inhibitors
Why use scale inhibitors in sugar evaporators?

Due to the high level of scaling, the evaporation system in sugar processing is the step in production that does not allow a continuous operation, costing customers to have decreased productivity and higher system downtime.+
Scaling occurs in the evaporators due to a series of salts soluble in sugar cane juice - either from the minerals in a cane plantation itself or silica mechanical collection (i.e.silica contamination). However, there is a limit to the solubility of these salts at certain temperatures and certain Brix concentrations. When these limits are exceeded, the salt deposits on the surface of the tube and scale is formed in the evaporation system.

Increase Productivity

Scaling in the evaporator tubes reduces the heat exchange between the steam and the sugar juice, decreasing process efficiency due to a low evaporation rate. Dow’s ACUMER™ antiscalant inhibits the formation of scale inside the evaporator tubes, enabling milling to increase productivity. With a proper scale inhibitor, 5-20 days of production improvement are seen in sugar evaporators.

Minimize Downtime

Scaling increases the frequency of cleaning operations, which requires large volumes of caustic soda, heavy labor efforts and mechanical operations – costing your customers additional time and profits. ACUMER™ ensures that any scale that eventually does form in evaporators is soft and easy to remove, which means less downtime for cleaning and minimal consumption of caustic soda.

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