5. Ipil-ipil leaves will be dried in a moving train of tray dryers. The wet leaves containing 75% water and is to be tried to 15% in trays measuring 1mx 1.5m. The wet leaves are spread out in the tray to a uniform thickness of 8cm and the wet leaves have a density of 0.75 g/cm³. Calculate the folowing: (a) The number of trays needed to produce 1 MT of dried leaves (b) The amount of water removed/MT of product.

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5. Ipil-ipil leaves will be dried in a moving train of tray dryers. The wet leaves containing 75% water and is
to be tried to 15% in trays measuring 1mx 1.5m. The wet leaves are spread out in the tray to a uniform
thickness of 8cm and the wet leaves have a density of 0.75 g/cm. Calculate the following:
(a) The number of trays needed to produce 1 MT of dried leaves
(b) The amount of water removed/MT of product.
Transcribed Image Text:5. Ipil-ipil leaves will be dried in a moving train of tray dryers. The wet leaves containing 75% water and is to be tried to 15% in trays measuring 1mx 1.5m. The wet leaves are spread out in the tray to a uniform thickness of 8cm and the wet leaves have a density of 0.75 g/cm. Calculate the following: (a) The number of trays needed to produce 1 MT of dried leaves (b) The amount of water removed/MT of product.
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