Welcome to the BSST Library
The Society runs two meetings a year which typically involve seven technical papers between them. Over the years a few of these have been posted on to the web site. These are now gathered here, the collection hopefully growing with time.
Earlier papers are in html format, later ones are pdf. If your browser is correctly set, the pdf files will open automatically. All papers open in a new tab : just close it to return here.
Mike Bennett Award papers are marked accordingly : 
| 2025 | ||||
| AGM 2025 | Billion Dollar Renewable Energy Presentation | Kyeong Choi [UK] | 3.3 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2025 | Digitalisation of Sugar Production | Bernd Langhans [Germany] | 4.0 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2025 | Latest Technology in Food Safety | Graeme Wilding and Janhoi Kelly [UK] | 1.0 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2025 | Country Paper - Columbian Sugar Cane Industry - XXXII ISSCT | Nicolas Javier Gil [Colombia] | 8.2 MB pdf | |
| 2024 | ||||
| ATM 2024 | | Energy and Cost Efficiency in the Sugar House | Dr Andreas Lehnberger [Germany] | 1.0 MB pdf |
| AGM 2024 | ITECA CrystObserver Pan microscope | Norbert Duc[France] | 9.1 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2024 | Sugars and Health What Does the Latest Evidence Tell Us? | Annie Denny[UK] | 4.0 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2024 | Durrah Refinery: Projact in a Time of Covid | Steve Paver[UK] | 2.5 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2024 | A Review of Sugar Handling Systems | Piers Bostock [UK] | 1.0 MB pdf | |
| 2023 | ||||
| ATM 2023 | | Sampling, Sample Handling and Sample Preparation of Free Flowing Sugars | Alan Mead [UK] | 1.0 MB pdf |
| ATM 2023 | Safety in the Sugar Industry | Rebecca Collis [UK] | 2.7 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2023 | Sustainability in an Agriculture Supply Chain | Nick Morris [UK] | 2.7 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2023 | Nightmare before Christmas – a chemical detective story | Professor Julian M Cooper [UK] | 1.8 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2023 | Dimple Tube Technology | Darius Bezuidenhoudt [South Africa] | 3.6 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2023 | Report on the XXXI ISSCT Congress held in Hydrabad, India | Mark Taylor [UK] | 2.2 MB pdf | |
| 2022 | ||||
| ATM 2022 | Bioplastics Developments – Uses of Bagasse | Nicolas Viart [UK] | no paper | |
| ATM 2022 | Sugar Reformulation 3! | Professor Julian M Cooper [UK] | 2.2 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2022 | Country Paper : India for ISSCT February 2023 | Arvind Chudasama [UK] | 2.5 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2022 | | I’m Looking to Buy ICUMSA 45 | Karen Pardoe [UK] | 202 kB pdf |
| AGM 2022 | Current sugar beet research at the University of Nottingham | Professor Debbie Sparkes [UK] | 6.7 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2022 | Evaluation of an FFE Installation in a Cane Factory | Dr Omkar Thaval [Germany] | 1.9 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2022 | Sugar in ASEAN Countries - an Overview | Charles Frederick [Thailand] | 5.2 MB pdf | |
| 2020 - 21 [combined due to covid disruption] | ||||
| ATM 2021 | Pros & Cons of RF & Microwave Probes in Pan Boiling | Mike Getaz [UK] | 1.7 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2021 | Covid Impact on the Sugar Market | Andy Jones [UK] | 1.2 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2021 | Agricultural Factors affecting Beet Quality for Processing | Patrick Jarvis [UK] | 2.3 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2021 | Artificial Sugarcane Seed Planting | Paul Carver [UK] | no paper | |
| AGM 2021 | | Sustainability Driven Innovation in Sugar Processing | Dr John Kerr [UK] | 939 kB pdf |
| ATM 2020 | Surface Chemistry in Sugar Technology - Unfinished Business | Dr Mike Bennett [UK] | 527 kB pdf | |
| ATM 2020 | Review of the ISSCT 29th Congress | Nicholas Viart [UK] | 763 kB pdf | |
| 2019 | ||||
| ATM 2019 | | Effective Distribution in Circular Tanks | Rob Shephard [UK] | 4.6 MB pdf |
| ATM 2019 | Raw Sugar Ship Unloading to Storage | Tris Young & Neil Piper [UK] | 3.2 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2019 | Sugarcane and Wheat Crop Modelling | Prof. Neil Crout and Dr Mohamed Jabloun [UK] | 3.8 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2019 | An Overview of the Argentinean Sugar Industry | Nahuel Tuñon [UK] | 2.2 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2019 | Prospects for the Sugar Cane Industry. A Technical Perspective | Peter Rein [UK] | 4.6 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2019 | Automating Quality Control with Hyperspectral Imaging: Foreign Object Detection in Sugar Processing | Rachael Gan [UK] | 3.5 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2019 | 46 Years of Sweetness | Piers Bostock [UK] | 9.1 MB pdf | |
| 2018 | ||||
| ATM 2018 | The difficulties of launching a large outgrower project: the COFAMOSA story | Bob Merry [UK] | 2.7 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2018 | Tools for improving the separation in batch and continuous centrifugals | Bjarne Christian Nielsen [Denmark] | 3.0 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2018 | Challenges of UK Organic Wine - a Comparison with Organic Sugar Production | Mike Inkson [UK] | 939 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2018 | Sugar Dust Explosion Protection Techniques and Technology | Julian Turner [UK] | 2.8 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2018 | | British Sugar, Bury St. Edmunds Anaerobic Digestion Plant | Phil McNaughton [UK] | 1.1 MB pdf |
| AGM 2018 | The Ongoing Challenge of Sugar Reformulation | Prof. Julian Cooper [UK] | 2.8 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2018 | The New EU Sugar Regime | Peter De Klerk [UK] | 3.0 MB pdf | |
| 2017 | ||||
| ATM 2017 | Pneumatic Conveying Technology | Doug Carroll [USA] | 260 kB pdf | |
| ATM 2017 | | Lamella Clarifiers in Sugar Processing | Mike Getaz [UK] | 1.7 MB pdf |
| ATM 2017 | Optimising Sugar Beet Production with Near Real-Time Crop Knowledge [two part papers] | Roelof Kramer [UK] | 9.3 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2017 | and Laura da Silva [UK] | 3.3 MB pdf | ||
| AGM 2017 | Anticipating the impact of Brexit on the sugar community | Arvind Chudasama [UK] | 1.1 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2017 | Evaluation of the Bonsucro calculator as a sustainability performance benchmarking tool in the sugarcane sector | Rafael Seixas [UK] | 1.2 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2017 | Review of the ISSCT 29th Congress | Bob Merry, Nick Leavins & Mike Inkson [UK] | no paper | |
| AGM 2017 | New experience with Solex sugar coolers: Raw Sugar & Amorphous Sugar | Jean-Marc Reichling [Belgium] | 4.8 MB pdf | |
| 2016 | ||||
| ATM 2016 | The Implications of the Sugar Tax | Alan Mead [UK] | 785 kB pdf | |
| ATM 2016 | The Advantages of Air Supported Belt Conveyors | Tris Young [UK] | 677 kB pdf | |
| ATM 2016 | Challenges by Transferring Proven Efficient Design from Beet to Cane | Dr Lehnberger [Germany] | 2.5 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2016 | Historical and Contemporary Aspects of ICUMSA | Nic Bourne and Karen Pardoe [UK] | 343 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2016 | Advances in Screen Technology | Philip Schofield [UK] | 982 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2016 | Thailand Country Paper | Dr Pit Pruksathorn [Thailand] | 5.7 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2016 | | Future Challenges in Sugar Beet Crop Protection | Mark Stevens [UK] | 6.3 MB pdf |
| 2015 | ||||
| ATM 2015 | The Potential Outcomes to the EU Sugar Market Post 2017 | Lindsay Jolly [UK] | 1.5 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2015 | | Water, Power & Sugar Agriculture | Bob Merry [UK] | 990 kB pdf |
| ATM 2015 | Reciprocating Engines of the Sugar Industry | John Porter [UK] | No paper | |
| AGM 2015 | We don't Know Everything: Modelling the Sugar Industry and Decision-Making in an Uncertain World | Jack Fisher [UK] | 1.1 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2015 | Sugarcane Mechanisation: CANbus Networks Explained | Brennan Weston [UK] | 496 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2015 | Batch Centrifuge Basket Design | Dr Clive Grimwood [UK] | 776 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2015 | Bahrain Refinery Effluent Issues and Solutions | Dr Mike Inkson [UK] and Kanada Siko [Bahrain] | 373 kB pdf | |
| 2014 | ||||
| ATM 2014 | Refractometers & Polarimeters : the First 100 Years in the Sugar Industry | Philip Bellhouse [UK] | 3.0 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2014 | AVOIDING IMPERIAL SUGAR 2 - One approach to preventing recurrence | Piers Bostock [UK] | 612 kB pdf | |
| ATM 2014 | Cellulosic ethanol: facing the challenges | Leonardo Gomez [UK] | 6.0 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2014 | Sugarcane Ecology | Dr Glyn James [UK] | 274 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2014 | | On-line Sugar Colour Measurement | Amelia Ferraz [Portugal] et al | 1.2 MB pdf |
| AGM 2014 | The Irish Sugar Industry - Past, Present & Future | John O'Donovan [Eire] | 71 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2014 | Current Studies on Type 2 Diabetes , HFCS and Some Analytical Anomalies | Dr Mike Bennett [UK] | 228 kB pdf | |
| 2013 | ||||
| ATM 2013 | A Practical Review of Sugar Boiling Control Systems | Eddie Sheppard [UK] | 3.5 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2013 | | Precision Farming Technology Adapted to Sugarcane | Greg Ascough [UK] | 829 kB pdf |
| ATM 2013 | Review of ISSCT XXVIII Congress, Brazil | Mike Getaz [BSST President] | no paper | |
| AGM 2013 | Recent and Future Trends in Beet Sugar Yields | Prof Keith Jaggard [UK] | 93 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2013 | Refinery Power Stations | Mike Inkson [UK] et al | 93 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2013 | The EU Sugar Regime | Gerald Mason [UK] | 5.7 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2013 | Parallel Front-End Refining – a New Approach to Beet Factory Raw Sugar Refining | Malcolm Topfer [UK] et al | 1.1 MB pdf | |
| 2012 | ||||
| ATM 2012 | Colour Removal in Refining | Nick Leavins [UK] | 3.4 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2012 | Knowing Which Way The Wind Blows | Darren Frost [UK] | 2.5 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2012 | | Sugar in the Firing Line | Dr Julian Cooper [UK] | 2.1 MB pdf |
| AGM 2012 | Refinery Performance using Single Strike Boiling | Philip Antier [Mexico] et al | 93 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2012 | Impact of Abolition of EU Sugar Quotas | Panel Discussion | No paper | |
| AGM 2012 | Country paper on Brazil | Simon Mitchell [UK] | 2.0 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2012 | Sustainable Sugar Production | Peter Rein [UK] | 115 kB pdf | |
| 2011 | ||||
| ATM 2011 | Recent Developments in Vertical Crystalliser Design | Mike Getaz and Rob Sanders [UK] | 629 kB pdf | |
| ATM 2011 | Sugar, Bristol and Isambard Kingdom Brunel | Alan Mead [UK] | 2.1 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2011 | Decanter Centrifuges in the Sugar Industry | Clive Grimwood [UK] | 5.1 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2011 | Varieties for Modern Sugarcane Production | Duncan Butler [UK] | 4.0 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2011 | | Bigger is Not Always Better in Electrical Export | Mike Inkson [UK] | 55 kB pdf |
| AGM 2011 | Enough Water for Agriculture? Addressing the Growing Challenge | Martin Burton [UK] | 1.3 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2011 | Management of Innovation in Sugar Technology | Mike Bennett [UK] | 50 kB pdf | |
| 2010 | ||||
| ATM 2010 | Combined Cycle Generation at Wissington | Jonathan Ayres [UK] | contact BSST | |
| ATM 2010 | Continuous Improvement in Cane Raw Sugar Decolorisation Technology | François Rousset [France] | 1.6 MB pdf | |
| ATM 2010 | | Challenges of Operating a Modern Day Integrated Sugar-Bio-Refinery Factory | Paul Hitchcock [UK] | contact BSST |
| AGM 2010 | Challenges for Sugarcane Growers in the 21st Century | Alan Yates [UK] | 11.2 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2010 | Ethanol versus Sugar as Food | Lindsay Jolly [UK] | 8.4 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2010 | Sugar in Africa: Status and Prospects | Jonathan Innes [UK] | 1.7 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2010 | Review of 27th ISSCT Congress at Veracruz, Mexico | Bob Merry [BSST President] | no paper | |
| Earlier | ||||
| AGM 2009 | A Theory of Sugar Drying | Piers Bostock [UK] | 70 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2008 | White Cane Sugar Production | Peter Rein [UK] | 104 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2008 | The Carbon Footprint of Sugar Cane | Simon Houghton-Dodd [UK] | 3.2 MB pdf | |
| AGM 2007 | The SKIL/Bosch Continuous Vacuum Pan | Mike Inkson [UK] and Bruce Moor [South Africa] | 191 kB pdf | |
| ATM 2006 | What is HACCP? | Piers Bostock [UK] | 48 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2006 | The VKT Continuous Vacuum Pan | Reinhold Hempelmann [Germany] | 563 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2006 | Co-generation Thermodynamics Revisited | Mike Inkson [UK] | 266 kB pdf | |
| AGM 2000 | Co-Generation for Export: a Review | Mike Inkson [UK] | html | |
| ATM 1999 | The Issues surrounding Genetically Modified Sugar Cane and Beet | Mike Garrod [UK] | html | |
| ATM 1999 | The Rivière Juice Extractor: a New Approach to the Extraction of Juice from Cane | Geof Walsh [South Africa] | html | |
| AGM 1999 | Do We need a New Model for Sugar Plant Management Systems? | Alberto E. Damasio [Italy] | html | |
| ATM 1998 | Digital Mapping and its Application to Sugar Estates | McCarthy and Longley [UK] | html | |