Question: A bioactive compound, Eupatorin ( Eu ) is extracted from the leaves of Misai Kucing, a Malaysia herb through an extraction process using solvent (

A bioactive compound, Eupatorin (Eu) is extracted from the leaves of Misai Kucing, a Malaysia herb through an extraction process using solvent (S). About 1000kg of leaves is required to produce 1kg of Eupatorin (if 100% extraction is achieved). The solvent is a mixture containing 17wt% ethanol (E) and the balance water (W). The extraction tank is charged with 3500kg of S and 750kg of Misai Kucing leaves. The contents are stirred for several hours during which a portion of the bioactive compound contained in the leaves goes into the solution.
The contents of the extraction tank are then discharged through a filter. The liquid filtrate, which carries over roughly 1% of the leaves fed to the extraction tank, is pumped to a holding tank. The solid cake contains spent leaves and entrained liquid. The entrained liquid has the same composition as the liquid solution in the filtrate and a mass equal to 15% of the mass of liquid charged to the extraction tank.
(a) Redraw the flowchart above and label it completely. Also draw all possible boundaries that can be used to solve the mass balance problem.
(b) Perform the degree of freedom analysis for the overall process, extraction tank and filter.
(c) Calculate the masses (in kg) of the components of the filtrate in the holding tank.
(d) Calculate the mass of Eupatorin in the solid cake which can be further extracted.
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