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In a burning process, 1465kg of wood containing 43% moisture (by weight) is fed into processes.
Initially, all of the moisture content was removed in a dryer at 105C. After that, a reactor for burning is
used. The burning reaction creates three main products: charcoal, oil, and gas. The composition of these
products is as follows: Charcoal: 26% of the feedstock mass; Oil: 35% of the feedstock mass; gas: the
remaining feedstock mass.
The one-third of the charcoal is used as fertilizer in agricultural applications. The remaining part is sent to
a furnace for the graphitizing process, which is carried out at 2000C for 24 hours under an Argon
atmosphere. It is known that the yield of the final process is 43%.
Using the information above,
a) Draw a flowsheet with details indicating the amounts, streams, and units.
b) Mass of moisture in the feedstock.
c) Mass of dry wood fed into the burning reactor.
d) Mass of each burning product (charcoal, oil, and gas) produced.
e) Total mass of burning products.
f) Mass percentage of each product due to the total mass of burning products
g) Mass of finally obtained graphite.
 In a burning process, 1465kg of wood containing 43% moisture (by

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