Drying Facility at the Khorostkiv Sugar Factory

The beet pulp drying complex at the Khorostkiv Sugar Plant, part of the “Mriya” agricultural holding, was designed using French Magen technology. UTC also carried out the construction, manufactured the equipment, and commissioned the facility. High-temperature drum drying of beet pulp on a wire mesh conveyor produces a final product with a dry matter content of 90% from raw material with a moisture content of up to 80%. After drying and pelletizing, beet pulp becomes a valuable animal feed.

The plant is capable of processing 40 metric tons of pulp per hour, providing a daily output of 300 metric tons of pelletized dry feed. During the spring and summer, it is possible to switch to alfalfa as the raw material. All technological processes are fully automated. The pellet diameter is 8 mm. Coal consumption is 0.36–0.43 metric tons per metric ton of pellets.

The complex consists of an open-air coal storage yard, a gallery for feeding pressed pulp, an open-air industrial site, a control room, a technical facility, an open-air ash storage yard, and a daily storage yard for finished products. Provision has been made for shipping finished products by rail and truck. The drying complex has been in operation since 2013. Since 2017, the Khorostkiv Sugar Plant has been owned by Radehiv Sugar LLC, a subsidiary of the German company Pfeifer & Langen.