n a chemical factory where dyes are made, wet cake at 30 OC consisting of 60% moisture
is put in a dryer to obtain an output having only 5% moisture, at atmospheric pressure. In
each batch about 120 kgs of material is dried.
a. The quantity of moisture removed per batch.
b. What is the total quantity ( sensible & latent) of heat required to evaporate the
moisture, if the latent heat of water is 540 kcal/kg at atmospheric conditions,
Ignore heat absorbed by the solids
c. Find the quantity of steam required for the drying process (per batch), if steam
at 4 kg/cm2
is used for generating hot air in the dryer and the dryer efficiency
is 80%. Latent heat of steam at 4 kg/cm2
is 520 kcal/kg.
is put in a dryer to obtain an output having only 5% moisture, at atmospheric pressure. In
each batch about 120 kgs of material is dried.
a. The quantity of moisture removed per batch.
b. What is the total quantity ( sensible & latent) of heat required to evaporate the
moisture, if the latent heat of water is 540 kcal/kg at atmospheric conditions,
Ignore heat absorbed by the solids
c. Find the quantity of steam required for the drying process (per batch), if steam
at 4 kg/cm2
is used for generating hot air in the dryer and the dryer efficiency
is 80%. Latent heat of steam at 4 kg/cm2
is 520 kcal/kg.