(i) 1000 kg of crushed oil seeds (19.5% oil, 80.5% meal) is extracted with 1500 kg of...
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(i) 1000 kg of crushed oil seeds (19.5% oil, 80.5% meal) is extracted with 1500 kg of pure hexane in a batch extraction vessel. Calculate the fraction of oil extracted.
(ii) Crushed oil seed containing 28 mass% oil is to be extracted with hexane to reduce the oil content to 0.8% in the underflow. One kilogram of the solvent is used per kg of the feed. Determine the number of stages required.
The equilibrium data is given below:
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