Fresh orange juice containing 10 % solids and the balance water is fed to an evaporator...

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Fresh orange juice containing 10 % solids and the balance wateris fed to an evaporator to produce final product of concentratedorange juice containing 40% solids. A fraction of the fresh juicebypassed the evaporator to insure fresh taste. The juice thatenters the evaporator at 10% is concentrated and leaves theevaporator at 60% solids, and the evaporator product stream is thenmixed with the bypassed fresh juice to achieve the desired finalconcentration of 40 % solids. All percentages are in mass%. Drawand label a flowchart of this process and based on 100 lb/hr of thefinal 40% mass product. calculate the following flow rates inLb/hr:

a. Fresh overall feed rate to the process

b. Flow rate of pure water leaving the evaporator and the bypassflow rate

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Final product contains 100 lbhr and contains 40 solids Sosolids in final product 10040100 40 lbhrFresh organce juice contains 10 solids    See Answer
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