Chemical Engineering Plant Economics Questions

• 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 balance sheet for a chemical plant shows its financial condition at any given date. It does not contain the __________ of the plant.
• An investment of Rs. 100 lakhs is to be made for construction of a plant, which will take two years to start production. The annual profit from the operation of the plant is Rs. 20 lakhs. What will be the pay back time?
• Relative cost of chemical process plants in India is about __________ percent more than the similar plants in U.S.A.
• Purchased cost of equipments for a chemical process plant ranges from __________ percent of the fixed capital investment.