Lynne Wong's PhD thesis

Table 2.6. Predicted molasses Clerget purity and sugar recovery with increasing amounts of extraneous matter (EM) in cane.
EM added
Dry trash 5%
Sucrose (g) from kg gross cane in
bagasse mixed juice cane
Predicted
Clerget
purity of
molasses
SJM
recovery
in sugar
(%)
Sucrose in
sugar (g)/
kg cane
Sucrose in
molasses (g)/
kg cane
Mass of
molasses at
85° Brix
% cane
Sucrose
recovery %
cane
98.5° sugar
recovery
% cane
0% 5.7 154.5 160.1 40.7 92.4 142.7 11.7 2.5 14.06 14.28
10%
20%
Green leaf 5%
10%
20%
Cane tops 5%
10%
20%
7.2
8.2
12.0
5.7
5.6
6.7
5.5
4.4
4.9
145.1
134.2
110.5
146.1
140.6
126.5
147.7
140.9
130.0
152.3
142.3
122.5
151.8
146.2
133.2
153.2
145.3
134.9
40.8
40.3
40.5
40.3
40.1
40.2
39.2
38.4
37.8
91.3
90.4
87.6
90.9
90.5
88.3
91.8
90.4
88.7
132.5
121.2
96.8
132.9
127.4
111.8
135.6
127.4
115.4
12.6
12.9
13.8
13.2
13.3
14.7
12.2
13.5
14.7
2.6
2.7
2.9
2.8
2.8
3.1
2.6
3.0
3.3
13.04
11.91
9.47
13.08
12.53
10.97
13.35
12.53
11.33
13.24
12.09
9.61
13.28
12.72
11.14
13.55
12.72
11.50
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