the pringles manufacturing company tells you that they are switching to a potato supply that has a higher moisture content than those used previously. The new supply, after being mashed an cooked, prior to drying for pringles production, now contains 70% moisture content. they still must produce 300.0kg of pringles per hour and pringles must contain 48% moisture content. The company wants to know if its current evaporation equipment can be used with this new supply of potatoes. this equipment can remove 180kg of H20 per hour. the equation for the moisture content (wet basis) in biological materials such as pringles is MC(wet basis)=(H20/H20+Dry Matter)x100

Question

the pringles manufacturing company tells you that they are switching to a potato supply that has a higher moisture content than those used previously. The new supply, after being mashed an cooked, prior to drying for pringles production, now contains 70% moisture content. they still must produce 300.0kg of pringles per hour and pringles must contain 48% moisture content. The company wants to know if its current evaporation equipment can be used with this new supply of potatoes. this equipment can remove 180kg of H20 per hour. the equation for the moisture content (wet basis) in biological materials such as pringles is MC(wet basis)=(H20/H20+Dry Matter)x100

Answer 1

To determine if the current evaporation equipment can be used with the new supply of potatoes, we need to compare the moisture content of the incoming potatoes with the desired moisture content of the pringles.

Let's calculate the moisture content of the pringles using the equation provided:
MC(wet basis) = (H20 / (H20 + Dry Matter)) x 100

We know that the desired moisture content of the pringles is 48%. So, we can rewrite the equation as:
48 = (H20 / (H20 + Dry Matter)) x 100

Let's denote the dry matter content as D and the moisture content of the incoming potatoes as MC_incoming. We can now set up a ratio equation to relate the moisture content of the incoming potatoes to the desired moisture content of the pringles:
MC_incoming / (MC_incoming + D) = 48 / 100

To solve for MC_incoming, we need to rearrange the equation:
MC_incoming = (48 / 100) x (MC_incoming + D)

Now, we can substitute the given information to solve for MC_incoming:
MC_incoming = (48 / 100) x (70 + D)

Next, we need to calculate how much moisture needs to be evaporated per hour:
Moisture to be evaporated = MC_incoming - 48

Now, let's plug in the values and calculate:
Moisture to be evaporated = [(48 / 100) x (70 + D)] - 48

If the current evaporation equipment can remove 180kg of water per hour, we can compare this value with the moisture to be evaporated. If the equipment can remove more or equal to the moisture to be evaporated, it can handle the new supply of potatoes.