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(Solved): A food of 10000 kg soy bean is processed in sequence of 3 stages. The feed contains 35% protein, 27. ...
A food of 10000 kg soy bean is processed in sequence of 3 stages. The feed contains 35% protein,
27.1%CH,9.4%fiber&ash,
10.5%H_(2)Oand the rest is oil (by wt). In the first step, the beans are crushed&pressed to remove oil. The pressed beans contain
6%oil, and assume oil stream has no other constituents. In the 2nd step, the pressed beans are extracted with hexane to produce an extracted meal stream containing
0.5%oil & a hexane+oil stream. In the 3 rd last step, the E.M.S. is dried to give a dried meal of
8%H_(2)O.
