The estimated cost for a multitube cyclone system with a capacity of 60,000 cubic feet per minute

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The estimated cost for a multitube cyclone system with a capacity of 60,000 cubic feet per minute is $450,000.

(a) If the $200,000 actual cost for a 35,000 cubic feet per minute system was used in the cost-capacity equation, what was the value of the exponent?

(b) What can be concluded about the economy of scale of the costs between the two systems?

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Engineering Economy

ISBN: 978-0073523439

8th edition

Authors: Leland T. Blank, Anthony Tarquin

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