Question: ( a ) A wet granular solid on a conveyor belt is dried by passing it through a tunnel dryer, where it is contacted with

(a) A wet granular solid on a conveyor belt is dried by passing it through a tunnel dryer, where it is contacted with a counter-current flow of warm air as illustrated below:
The warm air enters at 50C with an initial humidity of 0.005kgkg and a volumetric flow rate of 30m3min, and leaves at 25C with a final humidity of 0.0155kgkg. The wet granular solid fed to the dryer is 8% water by mass and has a total flow rate, including, water, of 0.1kgs. Using the psychrometric chart supplied:
(i) find the percentage relative humidity, dew point and wet-bulb temperature of the warm air supplied to the dryer;
(ii) find the rate of water removal from the solid, in kgmin;
(iii) find the mass % water content of the dried solid leaving the dryer.
 (a) A wet granular solid on a conveyor belt is dried

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