In the Potter process, sucrose is converted to glucose and fructose: C12H22O11 + H2O → C6H12O6...

In the Potter process, sucrose is converted to glucose and fructose:
C12H22O11 + H2O → C6H12O6 + C6H12O6
The combined glucose and fructose is called inversion sugar. Fresh feed flows at a rate of 0.5 ton/min containing 70% sucrose and 30% water by mass. The fresh feed is combined with a recycle stream so that the stream entering the reactor contains 5% inversion sugar by mass. If 87% conversion of sucrose occurs, determine:
A. the recycle stream flow
B. the concentration of inversion sugar in the recycle and product streams

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The question was very lengthy and I never solved this question.Although the concept remains same i.e. fundamentals of material balance but you have to pass through a lengthy calculation.As You we have been provided less data and most importntly the fructose and sucrose are given as one parameter and thus they increased one more degree of freedom to solve the problem.See the detailed solution.

Amanda K answered 3 months ago

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