Question: Solve using leaching equations and draw if needed: Fresh halibut livers containing 2 5 . 7 wt % oil are to be extracted with pure

Solve using leaching equations and draw if needed: Fresh halibut livers containing 25.7 wt % oil are to be extracted with pure ethyl ether to remove 95% of the oil in a countercurrent multistage leaching process. The feed rate is 1000 kg of fresh livers per hour. The final exit overflow solution is to contain 70 wt % oil. The retention of solution by the inert solids (oil-free liver) of the liver varies as follows, where N is kg inert solid/kg solution retained and yA is kg oil/kg solution:
N yA
4.880
3.50.2
2.470.4
1.670.6
1.390.81
Solve: (a) the amounts and composition of the exit streams.
(b) total number of theoretical stages

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