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PLANT DESIGN AND ECONOMICS FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS

= current labor cost index in new location relative to cost of and = current material cost index relative to cost of = cost factor for miscellaneous items = cost factor for piping materials = total cost of field-fabricated vessels (less incremental cost of alloy) = specific material unit cost, e.g., = unit cost of pipe = specific material labor unit cost per employee-hour = engineering employee-hours = total indirect cost of plant M = material cost = labor employee-hours for specific material = direct labor cost for equipment installation and material handling = specific material quantity in compatible units = total pump plus driver cost (less incremental cost of alloy) R = ratio of new to original capacity total income from sales = total cost of tower shells (less incremental cost of alloy) T = total capital investment = manufacturing fixed-capital investment W = working-capital investment = exponential power for cost-capacity relationships

PROBLEMS
1. The purchased cost of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger (floating head and carbon-steel

tubes) with 100 of heating surface was $3000 in 1980. What will be the purchased cost of a similar heat exchanger with 200 of heating surface in 1980 if the purchased-cost-capacity exponent is 0.60 for surface area ranging from 100 to 400 If the purchased-cost-capacity exponent for this type of exchanger is 0.81 for surface areas ranging from 400 to 2000 what will be the purchased cost of a heat exchanger with 1000 of heating surface in
2. Plot the 1985 purchased cost of the shell-and-tube heat exchanger outlined in the previous problem as a function of the surface area from 100 to 2000 Note that the purchased-cost-capacity exponent is not constant over the range of surface area requested. 3. The purchased and installation costs of some pieces of equipment are given as a function of weight rather than capacity. An example of this is the installed costs of large tanks. The 1980 cost for an installed aluminum tank weighing 100,000 lb was $390,000. For a size range from 200,000 to lb, the installed cost-weight exponent for aluminum tanks is 0.93. If an aluminum tank weighing 700,000 lb is required, what is the present capital investment needed? 4. What weight of installed stainless-steel tank could have been obtained for the same capital investment as in the previous problem? The 1980 cost for an installed 304 stainless-steel tank weighing 300,000 lb was $670,000. The installed cost-weight exponent for stainless tanks is 0.88 for a size range from 300,000 to 700,000 lb. 5. The purchased cost of a stainless-steel tank in 1980 was $7500. The tank is cylindrical with flat top and bottom, and the diameter is 6 ft. If the entire outer