Question: Maximus and Theodora are optimizing a steady state process for maling orange juice concentrate. A stream of oranges ( O ) and a stream of

Maximus and Theodora are optimizing a steady state process for maling orange juice concentrate. A stream of oranges (O) and a stream of water (W,H2O) enter a juicing machine. The exit stream from the juicing machine contains 55.8kghr orange juice (OJ, MW =108),21.3kghr pulp solids (PS), and 37.5kghr water. The exit stream from the juicing machine enters a filter. The filter removes all of the pulp solids and 19.2% of the water entering the filter as one exiting stream. The other stream exiting the filter contains water and orange juice. The water/orange juice mixture is finally sent to an evaporator to produce a concentrate stream (80.6wt% orange juice and the balance water) and a stream of pure water. The pure water is recycled, mixed with a fresh stream of pure water, and fed into the juicing machine. Determine the following three unknowns.
Mole fraction of orange juice in the concentrate stream =
Mass flow rate of water entering the evaporator =kghr
Mass flow rate of water entering the overall system =kghr
 Maximus and Theodora are optimizing a steady state process for maling

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