Evaluation and Modeling of Sugarcane Harvesting and Handling Systems

This book is intended to evaluate the sugarcane harvesting systems in the Sudan. Two types of systems are used, mechanical harvesting and loading and manual cutting with two systems of loading, namely, continuous loading and grab loading. The first part of the book covered the type of cane losses resulted from different systems of harvesting and loading in addition to transportation losses and chemical losses. The second part of the book covered the machinery used to transport the cane from the field to the mill, their failures and downtime. A model to predict the optimum machinery requirement was developed depending on the mill quota, field distance, transportation unit capacity, loading and unloading time and queuing for loading and unloading time.