A ring dryer is used to dry potato starch. The output of the dryer (dried potato starch) we shall designate as C is 100 kg/h at a moisture content of 5% (the rest is dry matter). After the dryer, there is a branch in the conveyor carrying the dried starch that splits the product stream such that 10 kg/h is recycled back. This recycled dried starch product is mixed with the wet starch we shall designate as A (kg/h) before being fed to the ring dryer, to enhance or quicken the drying. The wet starch A has a moisture content of 70% (the rest is dry starch or dry matter). The amount of water evaporated in the dryer is designated as B (kg/h). Determine A and B.

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A ring dryer is used to dry potato starch. The output of the dryer (dried potato starch) we
shall designate as C is 100 kg/h at a moisture content of 5% (the rest is dry matter). After
the dryer, there is a branch in the conveyor carrying the dried starch that splits the product
stream such that 10 kg/h is recycled back. This recycled dried starch product is mixed with
the wet starch we shall designate as A (kg/h) before being fed to the ring dryer, to enhance
or quicken the drying. The wet starch A has a moisture content of 70% (the rest is dry
starch or dry matter). The amount of water evaporated in the dryer is designated as B (kg/h).
Determine A and B.

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