The present invention relates to a
sugar making process for refining
cane mixed juice by use of a membrane
separation technology. The process comprises: heating
cane mixed juice; adding an alkaline substance into the heated
cane mixed juice to regulate the pH value;separating suspended impurities such as
bagasse and the like from the cane mixed juice; collecting a separated
liquid phase; removing suspended impurities with
small particle sizes, macromolecules, colloids and the like through
filtration of a
microfiltration membrane; putting the collected filtrate into an
ultrafiltration membrane with the molecular weight cutoff greater than that of
sucrose; removing pigments and non-
sugar substances with molecular weight greater than that of
sucrose; using a
nanofiltration membrane with the molecular weight cutoff less than that of
sucrose molecules to concentrate a decolorized
clear liquid; and removing
inorganic salts with molecular weight less than that of the sucrose,
monosaccharide and the like by virtue of the
nanofiltration membrane. Compared with the traditional process, the process provided by the present invention is capable of greatly reducing the chroma and
turbidity of the
sugar juice, greatly reducing the content of nonsugar macromolecular substance in the sugar juice, and increasing the purity and yield of sucrose, and is free of clarifying agents such as
lime and the like in the main process.