Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. ‘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?

   A. 1 to 5
   B. 10 to 20
   C. 25 to 35
   D. 35 to 45

3. Purchased cost of equipments for a chemical process plant ranges from _____________ percent of the fixed capital investment?

   A. 10 to 20
   B. 20 to 40
   C. 45 to 60
   D. 65 to 75

4. Cost of instrumentation in a modern chemical plant ranges from _____________________ percent of the total plant cost?

   A. 5 to 10
   B. 20 to 30
   C. 40 to 50
   D. 60 to 70

5. In an ordinary chemical plant, electrical installation cost may be about ____________________?

   A. 10-15% of purchased equipment cost
   B. 3-10% of fixed capital investment
   C. Either A. or B.
   D. Neither A. nor B.

6. The economic life of a large chemical process plant as compared to a small chemical plant is_______________?

   A. Only slightly more
   B. Much more
   C. Slightly less
   D. Almost equal

7. 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

8. ‘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

9. In a chemical process plant, the total product cost comprises of manufacturing cost and the__________________?

   A. General expenses
   B. Overhead cost
   C. R & D cost
   D. None of these

10. 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