You are employed at a chemical company and have recently been transferred from a plant that manufactures

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You are employed at a chemical company and have recently been transferred from a plant that manufactures synthetic dyes to a new facility that makes specialty additives for the polymer resin industry.

  • You have been asked to estimate the cost of manufacturing at this new facility. Would you Use Equation (8.2) to estimate COMd?
  • Use data from the old plant where you worked, because you are very familiar with all the aspects of manufacturing for that process?
  • Dig up information on the new process and use these figures?
  • When would you use a relationship such as Equation (8.2)?COMA = 0.180 FCI +2.73COL + 1.23(CUT + CWT + CRM) (8.2)
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Analysis Synthesis And Design Of Chemical Processes

ISBN: 9780134177403

5th Edition

Authors: Richard Turton, Joseph Shaeiwitz, Debangsu Bhattacharyya, Wallace Whiting

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