The table below shows the data available for drying a wet solid. Free moisture content, X 0.60 0.40 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.10 (kg H:Okg dry solid) Drying rate, R 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.35 0.28 0.14 (kgh m) The...

a)Plot the graph of drying rate (R) against free moisture content (X).

b)Estimatethe weight of dry solid if the drying surface area is 1.6 m^2.

Extracted text: The table below shows the data available for drying a wet solid. Free moisture content, X 0.60 0.40 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.10 (kg H:Okg dry solid) Drying rate, R 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.35 0.28 0.14 (kgh m) The wet solid requires 8.5 hours to reduce its moisture content from 34% to 17% in a batch dryer. The equilibrium moisture content for the solid is identified as 3%. All moisture contents are on wet basis.