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Plant Design Lecture 8 and 9
Plant Design Lecture 8 and 9
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the sale of used property over and above any charges involved in
removal and sale.
invested capital.
Therefore, the engineer should be familiar with Federal
of different methods
Chemical Engineering program, ASTU
1. Straight - line method 8
Investment
Operating costs
Sales volume
assumed that the land can still be sold at its original value.
Thus, the final result of the cumulative cash position is a
net profit over the total life of the project, or a cash flow
into the company capital sink (in addition to the
depreciation cash flow for investment payoff) over the ten-
year period
as TI increases.
Table
Example
Methods of Profitability
evaluation
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Profitability
Before capital is invested in a project or enterprise, it is
investment is 10 percent.
(a) The annual percent return on the total initial investment before income
taxes. Ans = 28%
(b) The annual percent return on the total initial investment after income
taxes. Ans = 18.5%
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Discounted Cash Flow(Time value of money)
The method of approach for a profitability
2 .Factors
Marketsshould be considered in selecting a plant site
3 . Energy availability
4 . Climate
5 . Transportation facilities
6 . Water supply
7 .Cont’d
Waste disposal 50
8 . Labor supply
1 0 . Site characteristics
1 2 . Community factors
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Cont’d
For a preliminary survey, the first four factors