Wet and dry basis problems


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Q1. 10 kg of food at a moisture content of 320% dry basis is dried to 50% web basis. Calculate the amount of water removed.

Q2. A batch of 5 kg of food product has a moisture content of 150% dry basis. Calculate how much water must be removed from this product to reduce its moisture content to 20% wet basis.

Q3. A liquid product with 10% product solids is blended with sugar before being concentrated (removal of water) to obtain a final product with 15% product solids and 15% sugar solids. Determine the quantity of final product obtained from 200 kg of liquid product. How much sugar is required? Compute mass of water removed during concentration.

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