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what are the unit operations involved in the production of date syrup in an industry?
The unit processes that involved for the formation of date syrup are in the following order:
Extraction (date juice) --------> Filtration (removing particles) --------> Evaporation ( concentrate) --------> date syrup
Date juice firstly is being extracted from the dates, some of the methods for extraction are:
- Dates are being put in cold water for extraction of juice which takes very long time
- In above method, stirring and increase in temperature decreases the extraction time
- Crushing the dates and then following first method
For this procedure, the Unit process involved will be like:
Crushing (dates) --------> Extraction (date juice) --------> Filtration (removing particles) --------> Evaporation
( concentrate) --------> date syrup (Product)
The above mentioned methods are being used in industries and chosen upon economics of the process.
After the date juice is being extracted it is filtered using filtration unit for removal of solid particles from the date juice then the filtered juice is transferred to evaporation unit for concentration of the date juice thus forming date syrup.