Chemical Engineering :: Chemical Engineering Plant Economics
- Which of the following methods of depreciation calculations results in book values greater than those obtained with straight line method?
- Maximum production start up cost for making a chemical plant operational is about __________ percent of the fixed capital cost.
- 'Utilities' in a chemical process plant includes compressed air, steam, water, electrical power, oxygen, acetylene, fuel gases etc. Utility costs for ordinary chemical process plants ranges roughly from __________ percent of the total product cost.
- Pick out the wrong statement.
- A reactor having a salvage value of Rs. 10000 is estimated to have a service life of 10 years. The annual interest rate is 10%. The original cost of the reactor was Rs. 80000. The book value of the reactor after 5 years using sinking fund depreciation method will be Rs.
- For a given fluid, as the pipe diameter increases, the pumping cost
- The ratio of gross annual sales to the fixed capital investment is termed as the __________ ratio.
- Operating profit of a chemical plant is equal to
- A present sum of Rs. 100 at the end of one year, with half yearly rate of interest at 10%, will be Rs.
- Which of the following is a component of working capital investment?
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The annual depreciation rate for machinery and equipments in a chemical process plant is about 10% of the fixed capital investment |
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Annual depreciation rate of buildings in a chemical plant is about 3% of its initial cost |
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Insurance rates on annual basis in a chemical plant may be about 1% of the fixed capital investment |
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In a chemical industry, research and development cost amounts to about 15% of net sales realisation (NSR) |