Relative cost of chemical process plants in India is about ______________ percent more than the similar plants in U.S.A ?

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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. Equipment installation cost in a chemical process plant ranges from _______________ percent of the purchased equipment cost ?

   A. 10 to 20 B. 35 to 45 C. 55 to 65 D. 70 to 80...

4. Most chemical plants use an initial working capital amounting to 10-20% of the total capital investment. But this percentage may increase to ______________ percent in case of seasonal products manufacturing plant?

   A. 30 B. 50 C. 75 D. 95...

5. 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...

6. 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...

7. 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...

8. 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...

9. According to six-tenths-factor rule, if the cost of a given unit at one capacity is known, then the cost of similar unit with ” times the capacity of the first unit is approximately equal to _____________ times the cost of the initial unit?

   A. n B. n0.6 C. n0.4 D. √n...

10. 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...