Table 1 Detail of available feedstock for a typical South African sugar mill

Sugarcane

–

300

[18, 39, 40]

Wet bagasse

30% of sugarcane

90

[18, 40]

Dry bagasse^a

50% of wet bagasse

45

[18, 39, 41]

Total tops and trash

15% of Sugarcane

45

[18]

Trash available for biorefinery

50% of total residue

22.5

[18, 41]

Dry trash^a

85% of wet residue

~20

[18, 39, 41]

Total feedstock^a DM/wet

65/113