Consider this continuous process for steaming dry vegetables taken directly from a refrigerator. steam 100.°C dry vegetables wet vegetables 7.0 wt% water (liquid) 75.°C 5 0.0°C 43.5 kg/min cooker 2 steam water 150.°C 20.°C boiler 9in (A) Calculate the flow rate of water (stream 3), in kg/min. Assume the heat capacity of vegetables is 3.40 kJ/(kgC). (B) Calculate qin, the rate that energy is supplied to the boiler, in kJ/min. (C) Calculate the flow rate of the recycle stream (stream 5).
Consider this continuous process for steaming dry vegetables taken directly from a refrigerator. steam 100.°C dry vegetables wet vegetables 7.0 wt% water (liquid) 75.°C 5 0.0°C 43.5 kg/min cooker 2 steam water 150.°C 20.°C boiler 9in (A) Calculate the flow rate of water (stream 3), in kg/min. Assume the heat capacity of vegetables is 3.40 kJ/(kgC). (B) Calculate qin, the rate that energy is supplied to the boiler, in kJ/min. (C) Calculate the flow rate of the recycle stream (stream 5).
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider this continuous process for steaming dry vegetables taken directly from a
refrigerator.
steam
100.°C
dry vegetables
wet vegetables
7.0 wt% water (liquid)
75.°C
5
0.0°C
43.5 kg/min
cooker
2
steam
water
150.°C
20.°C
boiler
9in
(A) Calculate the flow rate of water (stream 3), in kg/min. Assume the heat capacity of
vegetables is 3.40 kJ/(kgC).
(B) Calculate qin, the rate that energy is supplied to the boiler, in kJ/min.
(C) Calculate the flow rate of the recycle stream (stream 5).
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