Maple syrup production involves the collection of sap from maple trees, followed by a relatively simple processing operation to increase the sugar concentration of the substance. Costs for home producers are relatively high due to high capital and energy costs. In an effort to reduce these costs,...
Maple Syrup 2022 – year of the RO 4.1.2022 – 4.12.2022 This year I took over the boil and it was a data driven season. I began work in July 2021 when I designed and ordered parts for a home-built reverse osmosis sap concentration system (RO). The design was based heavily off of...
The system will process 60 gallons of sap per minute, allowing us to immediately filter any sap that comes into our tanks before sending it to the reverse osmosis. This should lead to higher quality syrup, especially later in the year when it gets warm, and savings in disposable RO filters...
This year’s warmer winter temperatures have allowed some maple syrup producers across the U.S. to begin tapping their trees as much as two months early.
During the energy crisis in the 1970s, The U.S. Department of Agriculture, as well as the Canadian Department of Agriculture, explored energy efficient ways of producing maple syrup. Some sugar producers began using reverse osmosis, which separated water from soluble solids and reduced the time ...
Minnesota and the Beginnings of Reverse Osmosis for the Maple Industry You can read my latest maple history contribution to theMinnesota Maple Syrup Producers’ AssociationJune 2024 newsletter atthis link, or by clicking on the image below.
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Read about the latest maple syrup happenings in Mount Kisco, New York. First Boil of 2024 February 9, 2024 There were good conditions for an early run of sap and an open schedule for a Friday boil. Some complications with the reverse osmosis process provide some challenges, but the rest of...
Maple Syrup Evaporation The maple sap is collected into huge stainless-steel tank that can hold up to 6500 gallons. We have a total capacity to hold around 12 000 gallons, and we can have 3 times that amount in total sap collected in a single day! The reverse osmosis comes to our rescu...
a more concentrated sap can be produced, which requires less boiling time, thus a saving in energy cost. Reverse osmosis for the purpose of filtering water has been known for decades and by discarding the pure water and keeping the concentrate, an improved process for making maple syrup was ...