MASS BALANCE

INSTRUCTIONS

1.- Input your Raw Material Characteristics in the Product 1 box blanks:  Hourly Quantity, Moisture and Oil content. If you have more that than one raw material use Product 2 and Product 3 boxes. Press Enter after each input.

2.- The Wet Product box shows the characteristics of the mixed product to dehydrate. This is a combination of products 1, 2 and 3 which composition percentages are shown in each box.

3.- Input the final product target Moisture in the Dry Product box.

4.- The Dehydrator box then shows the amount of water evaporated and the Dry Product box the amount and characteristics of the final product.

5.- You may change the Titles of all boxes to your own products.

6.- By clicking on the sheet selector at the bottom left corner of the window you can switch from Mass Balance to Performance window.

7.- The Selection box shows a dehydrator size option and its average evaporation rate. If more than one dehydrator is required it displays .

8.- The Performance box shows the operation parameters for the selected dehydrator under the given parameters.

9.- Input the cost of Electricity and your selected Fuel in the Energy Consumption box blanks to calculate the operational costs. Energy cost is not calculated for Non Standard situations.

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