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Guidelines for Economic Evaluation of Coal Conversion Processes.
Final Report on Task 010 - 1979

McBeath, Bernard C.

Engineering Societies Commission on Energy, Inc.

In this pdf format, this document has 89 pages and is 3.51MB.

Table of Contents

Summary

1

1.0

Introduction 2
2.0 Report Summary Requirements
 

2.1

Purpose of Evaluation 4

2.2

Description of Facilities 4

2.3

Stage of Technical Development 6

2.4

Accuracy of Cost Estimate 6

2.5

Construction and Operation Schedules 9
3.0 Scope of Project 10
4.0 Process Design
 

4.1

Process Schematic Diagrams 13

4.2

Process Flow Diagrams 13

4.3

Heat and Material Balances 14

4.4

Equipment Design and Selection 14

4.5

Waste Management 17

4.6

Engineering Assumptions 18
5.0 Capital Cost Estimate  
 

5.1

Methodology 21

5.2

Capital Cost Breakdown 22

5.3

Construction Schedule 24

5.4

Capital Recovery at End of Project Life 25
6.0 Operations Cost Estimate  
 

6.1

Estimating Methods 27

6.2

Annual Cost Breakdown 28

6.3

Total Annual Operating Costs 29

6.4

Production Schedule 29
7.0 Market Study and By Product Revenues
 

7.1

Market Study Requirements and Reporting 31

7.2

Marketable B-Products and Their Prices 32

7.3

Revenue Schedule 33
8.0 Financial Analysis
 

8.1

Reporting Financial Analysis Parameters and Results 35

8.2

Cash Flow Schedules 42

8.3

Sensitivity Analysis 47

8.4

Alternative Case Analysis 47
9.0 Report Appraisal
 

9.1

Purpose 50

9.2

Evaluating Parameter Specifications 50

9.3

New Technologies and Materials 50

9.4

Reporting Office or Groups' Interest in the Project 51