12.9-1. Leaching of Oil from Soybeans in a Single Stage.

In a single-stage leaching of soybean oil from flaked soybeans with hexane, 100 kg of soybeans contains 22 wt % oil and the solvent feed is 80 kg of
hexane solvent containing 3 wt % soybean oil. The value of N for the slurry underflow is essentially constant at 1.5 kg insoluble solid/kg solution retained. Calculate
the amounts and compositions of overflow V1 and the underflow slurry L1 leaving the stage.
12.9-2. Leaching of Soybean Slurry in a Single Stage.

A slurry of flaked soybeans weighing a total of 100 kg contains 75 kg of inert solids and 25 kg of solution with 10 wt % oil and 90 wt % solvent hexane.
This slurry is contacted with 100 kg of pure hexane ina single stage so that the value of N for the outlet underflow is 1.5 kg insoluble solid/kg solution retained.
Calculate the amounts and composition of the overflow V1 and the underflow L1 leaving the stage.
12.10-1 Constant Underflow in Leaching Oil from Meal

A continuous countercurrent multistage system is to be used to leach oil from meal by benzene solvent. The process is to treat 2000 kg/h of inert solid
meal (B) containing 800 kg oil (A) and also 50 kg benzene (C). The inlet flow per hour of fresh solvent mixture contains 1310 kg benzene and 20 kg oil. The leached
solids are to contain 120 kg oil. Assume constant underflow of N= 1.85 kg insoluble solid/kg solution retained. Settling experiments similar to those in the actual
extractor show that the solution retained depends on the concentration of oil in the solution. The data are tabulated below as N kg inert solid B/kg solution and yA
kg oil A/kg solution:

N yA N yA

2.00 0 1.82 0.4

1.98 0.1 1.75 0.5

1.94 0.2 1.68 0.6

1.89 0.3 1.61 0.7

Calculate the exit flows and composition and the number of stages required. Compare with Example 12.10-1.
12.10-2 Effect of Less Solvent Flow in Leaching Oil from Metal

A continuous countercurrent multistage system is to be used to leach oil from meal by benzene solvent. The process is to treat 2000 kg/h of inert solid
meal (B) containing 800 kg oil (A) and also 50 kg benzene (C). The inlet flow per hour of fresh solvent mixture contains 1179 kg benzene and 18 kg oil. The leached
solids are to contain 120 kg oil. Assume constant underflow of N= 1.85 kg insoluble solid/kg solution retained. Settling experiments similar to those in the actual
extractor show that the solution retained depends on the concentration of oil in the solution. The data are tabulated below as N kg inert solid B/kg solution and yA
kg oil A/kg solution:

N yA N yA

2.00 0 1.82 0.4

1.98 0.1 1.75 0.5

1.94 0.2 1.68 0.6

1.89 0.3 1.61 0.7

Calculate the number of stages needed.

A treated ore containing inert solid gangue and copper sulfate is to be leached in a countercurrent multistage extractor using pure water to Ieach the
CuSO4. The solid charge rate per hour consists of 10000 kg of inert gangue (B), 1200 kg of CuSO4 (solute A) and 400 kg of water (C). The exit wash solution is to
contain 92 wt % water and 8 wt % CuSO4. A total of 95% of the CuSO4 in the inlet ore is to be recovered. The underflow is constant at N = 0.5 kg inert gangue
solid/kg aqueous solution. Calculate the number of stages required.
12.10-4. Countercurrent Multistage Leaching of Halibut Livers.

Fresh halibut livers containing 25.7 wt % oil are to be extracted with pure ethyl ether to remove 95% of the oil in a countercurrent multistage leaching
process. The feed rate is 1000 kg of fresh livers per hour. The final exit overflow solution is to contain 70 wt % oil. The retention of solution by the inert solids (oil-
free liver) of the liver varies as follows (C1), where N is kg inert solid/kg solution retained and yA is kg oil/kg solution:

N yA N yA N yA

4.88 0 2.47 0.4 1.39 0.81

3.50 0.2 1.67 0.6

Calculate the amounts and compositions of the exit streams and the total number of theoretical stages.
12.10-5. Countercurrent Leaching of Flaked Soybeans.

Soybean flakes containing 22 wt % oil are to be leached in a countercurrent multistage process to contain 0.8 kg oil/100 kg inert solid using fresh and
pure hexane solvent. For every 1000 kg soybeans, 1000 kg hexane is used. Experiments give the following retention of solution with the solids in the underflow,
where N is kg inert solid/kg solution retained and yA is wt fraction of oil in solution:

N yA

1.73 0

1.52 0.20

1.43 0.30

Calculate the exit flows and compositions and the number of theoretical stages needed.