Heat Exchanger Networks - Capital and Total Cost Targets

In addition to being able to predict the energy costs of the heat exchanger network directly from the material and energy balance, it would be useful to be able to calculate the capital cost of the network. 

The principal components that contribute to the capital cost of the heat exchanger network are  

Now consider each of these components in turn and explore whether they can be estimated from the material and energy balance without having to perform heat exchanger network design. 

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