3. As a result of microbiological activity, the fiber
losses due to storage are significant for wet baled
bagasse and it can be stated that they are above
values of 20%.
4. In the chemical analysis, a decrease of the
cellulose and pentosans content and no significant
change of the lignin content were observed.
5. The soluble content in hot water exhibited a
marked tendency to decrease in dependence of the
storage time.
6. The brightness of wet baled bagasse is seriously
affected and only few differences are noted
between each case.
7. Evidence that depithing operation introduces
significant variations in this examined aspect was
not observed.
8. In the case of pre-dried stored depithed bagasse
“PR”, a higher conservation was observed
characterized by the following facts