In the case of milled bagasse, it was demonstrated
that there exists a decreasing tendency of fibers
percentage in the cases of wet baled bagasse (“IN”
and “DH”) of about 10% and 8%, respectively after
4-5 months of storage time. In the case of pre-dried
baled bagasse (“PR”), no significant correlation was
found.
In Figures 5 and 6, where the experimental values
and the regression curves have been plotted for the
cases “IN” and “DH”, it can be noted that as the
storage time increases, the differences between the
percentage of bagasse fiber before milling and
milled increases too.
Bearing in mind that the morphological analyses
are more accurate than the granulometrical ones, it
can be stated that the results show some increases
of the “fragility degree” of stored bagasse by the
system of wet bales.
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