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Humidity and its definition
Humidity is a key factor in drying processes. It expresses the amount of vapour in…
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Absolute Humidity
Absolute humidity is the mass of water vapor divided by the mass of dry air in…
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Unsteady state energy and mass balances
What IS accumulation? Recall that so far in this text it has been assumed that…
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Bypass Stream
Bypass stream is a stream that skips one or more stages of the process and…
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Recycle and Bypass Processes
One of the more common processing configurations is the material recycle structure. These are particularly…
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Reactive Processes
Performing material balances on reactive systems is slightly more complex than for non-reactive systemsN2 + 3H2 ->…
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Multiple Reactions
It is often the case that additional (unwanted) reactions may occur in our reactor that…
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Reactive Systems Review
Stoichiometric relations become important, for one! A->B(1 mole of B made from 1 mole of…
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Limiting Reagents
When there is not enough of one reactant in a chemical reaction, the reaction stops…
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BATCH DRYERS
The following are descriptions of various types of batch dryers. Tray dryers. This dryer type…