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Figure 3.4 Tracked rigid self–propelled with side tipper ............................................................... 84
Figure 3.5 Self–propelled with side tipper (power haul) ................................................................ 85
Figure 3.6 Conceptual haulout configuration with a 70 m 3 bin ...................................................... 86
Figure 3.7
Gross mass compared with load and tare weight of haulout vehicles in the sugar
industry (Robotham et al. 2001) .................................................................................... 88
Figure 3.8 Effect of haulout speed on infield transport cost .......................................................... 89
Figure 3.9 Effect of haul distance on infield transport cost ........................................................... 89
Figure 3.10 Haulout and harvester fuel use (Sandell and Agnew 2002) .......................................... 91
Figure 3.11
Figure 3.12
The effect of haulout travel speed and bin size on infield transport costs (McCormack
et al. 2009) ..................................................................................................................... 92
The effect of transport distance and harvester pour rate on infield transport costs
(McCormack et al. 2009) ............................................................................................... 92
Figure 3.13 Multi-lift semi-trailer bin............................................................................................... 94
Figure 3.14 Fliegl Gigant push-off trailer ......................................................................................... 95
Figure 3.15 Standard two trailer chip transport with rear tipping trailers ........................................ 96
Figure 4.1
Trash recovery for cogeneration in Brazil by baling the trash after machine harvesting.
..................................................................................................................................... 105
Figure 4.2 Trash recovery from integrated trash and cane delivery in a large sugarmill in Brazil. ...
..................................................................................................................................... 105
Figure 4.3
Figure 4.4
System in Brazil for separating trash on the harvester and transporting it separately to
the mill. ........................................................................................................................ 108
Attachments are available for choppers and forage harvesters to remove a proportion of
the leaf and lighter material. ........................................................................................ 108
Figure 4.5(a) Mass balance of biomass conversion using fast pyrolysis.(El Bassam 2010) ............ 109
Figure 4.5(b) Energy balance of conversion of biomass using fast pyrolysis. ................................. 110
Figure 5.1 Cane supply chain (source Jones, 2004) ..................................................................... 131
Figure 6.1 Building blocks of the supply chain (Bezuidenhout and Bodhanya (2010)................ 142
Figure 7.1 Rear-tip trailer ............................................................................................................. 160
Figure 7.2 Side-tip trailer .............................................................................................................. 161
Figure 7.3 Swing-lift containers ................................................................................................... 163
Figure 7.4 Impact of haulage distance on road transport costs. .................................................... 165
Figure 7.5 Effect of capital equipment selection and cost on harvesting cost. ............................. 166
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