Table 3.
The mass ratios of collected particles of Miscanthus sacchariflorus to input according to chopped length and number of steps

Step Chopped length (mm)
160 80 40 18
After 1st stepAfter 2nd stepAfter 3rd step 45.1%39.1%52.8% 47.7%46.6%46.8% 47.4%41.4%49.6% 46.1%44.2%44.1%
Total mass ratio (%) 84.2% 85.1% 84.5% 83.2%