ChE $5$

Intro. to ChE Design

Spring $2024$

$2.$ Assume you manage the chemical production division of a corporation. You have $$10M$ to invest in new capital. Which of the following projects $($if any$)$ should you fund? You may fund multiple projects but no more than one of each. You may not, for example, use the $$10M$ to fund two $D$ projects.

$\backslash$table$[[$Project$,$Description,$\backslash$table$[[$Capital$],[$cost $($$M$)]],\backslash$table$[[$Operating cost $^($a$)],[($$M$/$ year $)]],\backslash$table$[[$Revenue$],[($$M$/$ year $)]]],[$A$,$upgrade electrical generator,$9\mathrm{.}0,11\mathrm{.}5,13\mathrm{.}8],[$B$,$bioconverter for waste stream,$8\mathrm{.}0,25\mathrm{.}7,21\mathrm{.}3],[$C$,$increase boiler efficiency,$7\mathrm{.}0,12\mathrm{.}0,14\mathrm{.}3],[$D$,$recover reactants from purge,$5\mathrm{.}0,3\mathrm{.}0,4\mathrm{.}0],[$E$,$automate shipping,$3\mathrm{.}0,2\mathrm{.}7,3\mathrm{.}5],[$F$,$upgrade control ssytem,$2\mathrm{.}0,2\mathrm{.}7,3\mathrm{.}5],[$G$,$add heat exchanger to hot purge,$1\mathrm{.}0,1\mathrm{.}2,1\mathrm{.}5],[^(2)$ Includes depreciation,,,,$]]$