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Solution: Follow the step-by-step instructions to solve the problem: 1- Open a new case.

Problem 2. Production of Bean Oil. In the production of bean oil, 100 kg/hr beans containing 13.0 % (mass) oil and 87% (mass) solids are ground and fed to an extractor at 25C and 1 atm along with a recycled stream of liquid n-hexane. The feed ratio is 3 kg hexane/kg beans. The ground beans are suspended in the liquid and essentially all of the oil beans are extracted into the hexane. The extractor effluent is then passed to a filter. The filter cake contains 75% (mass) bean solids and the balance is the sum of bean oils and hexane, the latter two are in the same ratio in which they emerge from the extractor. The filter cake is discarded and the liquid filtrate is fed to a heated evaporator in which the hexane is vaporized and the oil remains as a liquid. The oil is stored in drums and shipped. The hexane vapor is substantially cooled and condensed and the liquid hexane condensate is recycled to the extractor. - Estimate the properties of the bean solids and bean oil; - Choose the proper property model and justify your choice; - Simulate the process; - Calculate the required fresh hexane fed to the process.

Additional Data 2- Go to the Hypothetical page and click on the Add Button. Component Bean oil Bean solids Molecular weight 1000 10000 Density (Kg/m3)3 800 800

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5- In the Tabular Hypothetical Input page, click on Add Solid and change its name to Bean Solids. Enter Density and M.W. from given table. Then click on the Estimate Unknown Props to estimate the remaining properties of this component.

3- In the Tabular Hypothetical Input page, click on Add Hypo and change its name to Bean Oil. Enter the Liq Density and the MW from the given table.

6- Add a new component list

4- Then click on the Estimate Unknown Props to estimate the remaining properties of this component.

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9- Close the Components List View page and go to the Fluid Pkgs page. Then add a new Fluid Package.

7- Go to the Components list page and click on Traditional in the add Component Column. Select n-Hexane from the library's component list.

10- Select the Antoine equation from the Property Package Selection.

8- Then go to Hypothetical in the add Component Column and click on the Add Group button. (The Hypothetical and Traditional components are now seen in the Components List View).

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13- In the Worksheet/Compositions page, enter the mass fraction of components.

11- Close the Fluid Package by clicking on cross button. Then enter simulation environment by clicking on the Enter Simulation Environment button.

14- Drag another stream to the PFD, change its name to fresh hexane. Specify the stream condition similar to the Bean but do not enter molar flow of this stream.

12- Drag a new stream to the PFD, change its name to Beans. Enter its temperature, pressure and its molar flow in the Worksheet Conditions page.

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17- Double click on the mixer and enter inlet and outlet streams (Change name of outlet stream to hexane).

15- In the Worksheet/Compositions page, enter mole fraction of components.

18- Enter mass flow of the hexane stream in the Worksheet page.

16- Select a mixer from the Object Palette and drag it on the PFD.

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21- Select the Simple Solid Separator from the Object Palette and drag it on the PFD.

19- Select another mixer from the Object Palette and drag it to the PFD.

22- Double click on the Simple Solid Separator and enter the inlet and outlet streams in the Design Connections page.

20- Double click on the mixer and define the inlet and outlet streams (Change name of outlet stream to feed to filtration).

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25- Double click on the Splitter and enter inlet, outlet and energy streams in the Design Connections page (Name outlet and energy streams as R., Oil and Qs, respectively).

23- Go to the Splits page and enter Stream Fractions (mass).

26- In the Design/ Splits page, enter 0 as the split fraction of all components to Overhead except Hexane. Enter 1 for fraction of n-hexane to Overhead of this component (complete separation).

24- Select the Component Splitter from the Object Palette as an evaporator and drag it on the PFD.

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29- Double click on the RCY-1 and enter inlet and outlet streams in the Connections page. (Name the outlet stream to R*)

27- In the Worksheet page, enter the temperature and pressure for both outlet streams.

28- Select a Recycle logical operation from the Object Palette and drag it on the PFD. 30- Double click on the Mix-100, then Connect the outlet stream of the recycle R* in the Design Connection page.

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31- Therefore the process is simulated.