CHMT 2021A/ 2022A/ 2025A Assignment 2 - Non-reactive System

You are required to propose a software that can assist in the management of materials
for a steady state and non-reactive system. The proposed software should be able to
adjust if there is any change of flowrate or/ and composition in the stream(s). Therefore,
you are advised to provide limitation(s) in the change of process variables (range of
process variables in which your proposed software may be operational).
State if needed all assumptions and/or basis of calculation that can make your system
workable.
For this assignment, you are required to use Topic 2 - Tutorial 2B: Question 5 as a system
that should help you to develop your software. Note that you should not answer
highlighted questions as per the tutorial expectation(s).

Submission
1. Link to a maximum 5 minutes video, that proof the workability of your proposed
software (Should include: workability of the system and adjustment of few
process variables).
2. Details of your software (E.g. Submission of your excel sheet; Submission of the
MATLAB code,…..

Topic 2 - Tutorial 2B: Question 5

Bean Oil Problem: A certain kind of bean contains an oil that has commercial value.
On average, the beans contain 14 wt.% bean oil. The following continuous process is
used to extract the oil. The beans are first crushed and then mixed with hexane in an
extractor. Essentially all the oil in the beans dissolves in the hexane. The residue of
crushed bean solids mixed with the solution of oil in hexane passes through a filter
which produces a filtrate and a filter cake. The filter cake is 75% bean solids and leaves
the process as a discard. The filtrate contains no solids. It passes to an evaporator which
removes the hexane as a vapour and leaves the bean oil as a liquid. The bean oil contains
no hexane and leaves the process as the final product. The hexane vapour is first
condensed and then recycled back to the extractor where it is used again to extract oil
from crushed beans. To make up for losses of hexane from the process, fresh hexane is
continually added to the extractor along with the recycled hexane. The total flow rate of
hexane to the extractor is carefully controlled to be 3.5 times the flow rate of crushed
beans. Calculate
a) The bean oil production (product flow rate) per kg of beans processed.
b) The amount of fresh hexane required per kg of beans processed.
c) The ratio of the flow rate of fresh and recycled hexane.