A. 10 to 20
B. 35 to 45
C. 55 to 65
D. 70 to 80
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - ‘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 - 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 - 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 - 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. - 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 - 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 - ‘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 - 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 - 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
