A. Viscosity of the fluid
B. Density of the fluid
C. Total cost considerations (pumping cost plus fixed cost of the pipe)
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- For a given fluid, as the pipe diameter increases, the pumping cost ______________________?
A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Remains the same
D. May increase or decrease, depending upon whether the fluid is Newtonian or non-Newtonian - Optimum number of effects in a multiple effect evaporator is decided by the____________________?
A. Cost benefit analysis
B. Floor area availability
C. Terminal parameters
D. Evaporation capacity required - In a manufacturing industry, breakeven point occurs, when the___________________?
A. Total annual rate of production equals the assigned value
B. Total annual product cost equals the total annual sales
C. Annual profit equals the expected value
D. Annual sales equals the fixed cost - ‘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 - 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 - 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 - The ratio of working capital to total capital investment for most chemical plants (except for non-seasonal based products) is in the range of _____________ percent ?
A. 0.1 to 1
B. 1 to 2
C. 10 to 20
D. 50 to 60 - ‘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 - 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 amount of simple interest during ‘n’ interest period is (where, i = interest rate based on the length of one interest period, p = principal) ?
A. p.i.n.
B. p(1 + i.n)
C. p(1 + i)n
D. p(1 – i.n)
