A. n
B. n0.6
C. n0.4
D. √n
Related Mcqs:
- Following the six-tenth factor rule, if a log-log plot of capacity of the equipment vs. cost of the equipment is made, then a straight line is obtained, whose slope is equal to_________________?
A. 0.1
B. 0.6
C. 0.2
D. 0.8 - Chemical engineering plant cost index is used for finding the present cost of a particular chemical plant, if the cost of similar plant at some time in the past is known. The present cost of the plant = original cost × (index value at present/ index value at time original cost was obtained). The most major component of this cost index is____________________?
A. Fabricated equipment and machinery
B. Process instruments and control
C. Pumps and compressor
D. Electrical equipments and material - ‘Six-tenth factor’ rule is used for estimating the_________________?
A. Equipment installation cost
B. Equipment cost by scaling
C. Cost of piping
D. Utilities cost - An annuity is a series of equal payments occuring at equal time intervals, and this amount includes the sum of all payments plus interest, if allowed to accumulate at a definite rate of interest from the time of initial payment to the end of annuity term. Ordinary annuity is used in the calculation of the__________________?
A. Manufacturing cost
B. Depreciation by sinking fund method
C. Discrete compound interest
D. Cash ratio - A series of equal payments (e.g., deposit or cost) made at equal intervals of time is known as __________________?
A. Perpetuity
B. Capital charge factor
C. Annuity
D. Future worth - ‘Lang factor’ is defined as the ratio of the capital investment to the delivered cost of major equipments. The value of ‘Lang factor’ for fixed capital investment, for a solid-fluid processing chemical plant ranges from ?
A. 1.2 to 1.4
B. 2.5 to 2.7
C. 4.2 to 4.4
D. 6.2 to 6.4 - If ‘S’ is the amount available after ‘n’ interest periods for an initial principal ‘P’ with the discrete compound interest rate ‘i’, the present worth is given by__________________?
A. (1 + i)n/S
B. S/(1 + i)n
C. S/(1 + in)
D. S/(1 + n)i - With increase in the discounted cash flow rate of return, the ratio of the total present value to the initial investment of a given project ?
A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Increases linearly
D. Remain constant - A machine has an initial value of Rs. 5000, service life of 5 years and final salvage value of Rs. 1000. The annual depreciation cost by straight line method is Rs______________?
A. 300
B. 600
C. 800
D. 1000 - Cost of piping in a fluid processing unit (e.g., distillation) of a chemical process plant is about _____________ percent of the fixed capital investment ?
A. 4
B. 13
C. 22
D. 34
