Empirical and simplified models for an industrial batch process

In this paper, a dynamic model of the first stage of the crystallization section of a sugar factory is developed In the model is assumed that the sugar room has continuous and batch units. Therefore, it comprehends variables and phenomena relevant to the process and combines the global mass balance; as partial mass balances of solids and sucrose in continuous units, the melter and mulling equip; with empirical and simplified event models for discrete units (such as the batch crystallizer and centrifuges).