Which pipe size is more economical at an interest rate

Reference no: EM13318191

A chemical engineer is considering two styles of pipes for moving distillate from a refinery to the tank farm. A small pipeline will cost less to purchase (including valves and other appurtenances) but will have a high head loss and, therefore, a higher pumping cost. The small pipeline will cost $1.7 million installed and will have an operating cost of $12,000 per month. A larger-diameter pipeline will cost $2.1 million installed, but its operating cost will be only $8000 per month. Which pipe size is more economical at an interest rate of 1% per month on the basis of an annual worth analysis? Assume the salvage value is 10% of the first cost for each pipeline at the end of the 10-year project period.

Reference no: EM13318191

Questions Cloud

Role of top management at a major global electronics : Assume you have the role of top management at a major global electronics company that is developing a wireless device capable of on-demand music and video downloads from anywhere on the globe.

Determine perpetual equivalent annual worth with landscaping : The cash flow associated with landscaping and maintaining a certain monument in Washington, D.C., is $100,000 now and $50,000 every 5 years forever. Determine its perpetual equivalent annual worth

Find the electric field between the plates : A parallel plate capacitor has square plates with sides of length 20 cm. The distance between the plates is 1 mm. What is the electric field between the plates

Explain catalyst to produce solid potassium chloride : A mass of solid potassium chlorate undergoes thermal decomposition in the presence of a catalyst (manganese dioxide) to produce solid potassium chloride and oxygen gas.

Which pipe size is more economical at an interest rate : A larger-diameter pipeline will cost $2.1 million installed, but its operating cost will be only $8000 per month. Which pipe size is more economical at an interest rate of 1% per month on the basis of an annual worth analysis

Obtain the magnitude of the electric field : A charge (uniform linear density = 9.0 nC/m) lies on a string that is stretched along an x axis from x = 0 to x = 3.0 m

How long would it be before the company could sell property : A multinational engineering consulting firm that wants to provide resort accommodations to certain clients is considering the purchase of a three-bedroom lodge in upper Montana that will cost $250,000.

Explain the number of moles of nitrogen in the container : 1.5 mol of oxygen are mixed with an unknown amount of nitrogen in a 2.0 L container at a temperature of 26.0C. If the final pressure of the mixture is 20.3 atm, what is the number of moles of nitrogen in the container

Find the magnitude of the net force exerted on the dipole : An infinite line of positive charge lies along the y axis, with charge density ? = 1.20 ?C/m. find the magnitude of the net force exerted on the dipole

User Account

All Pages