175

Index Term
analytical instrument

Links
51

application software

4849
127

automation

51

7475

84

8687

135 143144

160

163

26

43

133

135

batch process

29

131

batch reactor

133

136

97

173

benefit decline factor (see BDF)

97

173

blending

11

15

133

135

12

basic oxygen furnace (see BOF)

BDF

BOF
capacity
capital rationing
cash flow diagram
cash flow table

89

129

141 143144 146-148

133

136

158

22

28

89

148

22

2425

28

38

41

65

68

9899

106

127

136

138

162

66

68

161

1112

5152

5960

109

149

13

33

42

44

47

51

105 107108

157

136

159

76

9394

96

114

5758
combustion

23

52

commercial risk

96

113

commissioning

5051

124

143

complexity

4950

85

114

28

34

3841

73

8485

88

97

162

910

15

3336

73

58

74

51

53

65

87

113 116117

125

128

167

constraint
contingency factor
control performance

124

121
160

115
control room
cooling tower
DCS

43

5051

3738

121

33

47

138
decision tree

97

demand control

23

direct labor

26

discount factor

61

28
67

discrete part manufacture

133

dispersion

103 107108

distillation
distributed control system (see DCS)
economic performance
efficiency

24

160
110 126127 165166

2729

37

100

910

3334

133

143

10

23

51

73

4748
76

157

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Index Term
expected cost

8385

Links
88

first cost

11

1415

fixed cost

11

173

fresh acid

121

future value

73

indirect labor

26

158

2223

2526

instrumentation
internal rate of return (see IRR)

51

5859

160

2829

33

4748

6061

H/N ratio control

installation

116 162163

5051

67

113 115117

124

7475

84

88

94

143

160

162

166

42

4850

5253

75

85

124

160

13

57

60

62

6667

87

115

7577 107108

126 160161
IRR

60

6267

joint probability

98

106

justification

14

33

labor

26

41

market limited

29 173174

maximum error
Monte Carlo simulation
mutually exclusive

75 107108

110 126127

50

65 144147

166

910
106107
6568

161

net cash flow

11

173

net present value (see NPV)

13

57

60

62

6667

NPV

60

6266

68

107

161

169

149 160161

operating cost

12

27

115

operator

26

35

49

53

75

85

144

63

67 107108

110

115

104

143 147148

163

149 160161

148
opportunity cost
payback

11

173

1315

5759

126
PLC

157 160161 165166

4849

6768

8587

pollution

13

2728

158

present value

13

57

6062

6667

1415

83

8689

probability

105108
probability tree
process performance
production

110 116117

93 97100

103

911

33

157

1011

2229

34

93

97100

103

7374

77

128 163167
105

164

41

71

177
Index Term
88

Links
9596

144149 157158
production limited

29 173174

profitability index

57

programming
quality
range

reactor
redundancy
return on investment (see ROI)

100

66

174

21

2627

35

148

158

165

15

117 136139

3942

96

135

145

24

26

34

40

95

106

109

167

169

48

68

73

93

126

136

159

161

3940 135136

138

115116
5759

robot

144

148

168

ROI

59

63

67

S/G ratio control

73

safety

28

77

136

sensor

88 122125 127128

simplified probability tree

99

simulation

35 106107

standard deviation

115

116

13

spreadsheet

106

162 167169

107 160161

148 162163

113 115116

6365 108109
911

35

39

73

87

96

113

97 107108

110 126127 165166

standard error

sunk cost

11

system software

89

technological risk
testing
training

174
15

113117 125128

9394

163 166167

47

50

75

87

14

79

8384

UPS

68

96

161

utilities

13

23

variable cost

11

174

2425

30

uncertainty

yield

157158

154

124 143144

160

86

93

115

41

62

136

28 145146
34

39