Question: Using experimental data from pilot-plant tests of soybean extraction by Othmer and Agarwa1, summarized at the beginning of this chapter, check the mass balances for

Using experimental data from pilot-plant tests of soybean extraction by Othmer and Agarwa1, summarized at the beginning of this chapter, check the mass balances for oil and hexane around the extractor, assuming the moisture is retained in the flakes, and compute the mass ratio of liquid oil to flakes in the leached solids leaving the extractor.

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