Plant-Economics

‘Lang factor’ is defined as the ratio of the capital investment to the delivered cost of major equipments. The value of ‘Lang factor’ for fixed capital investment, for a solid-fluid processing chemical plant ranges from ?

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‘Lang factor’ is defined as the ratio of the capital investment to the delivered cost of major equipments. The value of ‘Lang factor’ for fixed capital investment, for a solid-fluid processing chemical plant ranges from ?

A. 1.2 to 1.4
B. 2.5 to 2.7
C. 4.2 to 4.4
D. 6.2 to 6.4

An annuity is a series of equal payments occuring at equal time intervals, and this amount includes the sum of all payments plus interest, if allowed to accumulate at a definite rate of interest from the time of initial payment to the end of annuity term. Ordinary annuity is used in the calculation of the__________________?

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An annuity is a series of equal payments occuring at equal time intervals, and this amount includes the sum of all payments plus interest, if allowed to accumulate at a definite rate of interest from the time of initial payment to the end of annuity term. Ordinary annuity is used in the calculation of the__________________?

A. Manufacturing cost
B. Depreciation by sinking fund method
C. Discrete compound interest
D. Cash ratio

The depreciation during the year ‘n’, in diminishing balance method of depreciation calculation, is calculated by multiplying a fixed percentage ‘N’ to the ?

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The depreciation during the year ‘n’, in diminishing balance method of depreciation calculation, is calculated by multiplying a fixed percentage ‘N’ to the ?

A. Initial cost
B. Book value at the end of (n – 1)th year
C. Depreciation during the (n – 1)th year
D. Difference between initial cost and salvage value

Most chemical plants use an initial working capital amounting to 10-20% of the total capital investment. But this percentage may increase to ______________ percent in case of seasonal products manufacturing plant?

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Most chemical plants use an initial working capital amounting to 10-20% of the total capital investment. But this percentage may increase to ______________ percent in case of seasonal products manufacturing plant?

A. 30
B. 50
C. 75
D. 95