Statement 1: Forward feeding requires pumps for the feed at every step. Statement 2: In a backward feeding arrangement, the most concentrated feed is exposed to the maximum steam in order to remove heat. This is its advantage.

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Statement 1: Forward feeding requires pumps for the feed at every step.

Statement 2: In a backward feeding arrangement, the most concentrated feed is exposed to the maximum steam in order to remove heat. This is its advantage.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

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I need to ask this question from Unit Operations topic in chapter Heat Transfer Equipment, Microwave Heating, Evaporation, Diffusion and Mass Transfer and Dehydration of Food Engineering

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