Job Description:

• 1) Controls continuous absorption process equipment to remove coloring from sugar beet juice and gas regenerating furnace to reactivate carbon: Starts conveyors and elevators to fill absorption tank with activated carbon.

• 2) Opens valves and starts pumps to force sugar juice through carbon in tank.

• 3) Observes gauges and recorder readings on panelboard and adjusts controls to obtain constant flow of juice through tank.

• 4) Draws sample of juice and observes color for conformance to specifications.

• 5) Diverts flow of juice through standby tank when color of juice does not meet specifications.

• 6) Moves controls on panelboard to admit fuel and air into regenerating furnace, and presses button that automatically ignites fire in furnace.

• 7) Starts conveyors and feeders to convey carbon from tank into furnace that removes impurities in carbon.

• 8) Reads gauges and recorders and adjusts controls to regulate furnace temperature, fuel-air ratio, and feed rate of carbon into furnace.

• 9) Records operating data in station log.