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The basis and various parameters for the economic analysis are given in Table II. The overall column efficiency used was obtained from a plot of efficiency vs. the product of relative volatility and liquid viscosity (9), corrected to match predicted (10) data for the propane-propylene system. The value from the plot (9) was increased by a factor required to make the efficiency of the propane-propylene binary distillation equal to 100%. Costs were calculated by the Venture Analysis method (II), because this method yields the appropriate weighting factors for the fixed and operating costs in order to calculate the total costs. Results are expressed as annual costs, before taxes. The important process variables are discussed below. 

Tower and heat exchanger sizing procedures — Peters and Timmerhaus Venture Analysis 11) ... 

Costello, Dennis, et. al., "Photovoltaic Venture Analysis, Final Report", Vol. I, July 1978, SERI/TR-52-040. 

Busche, R.M., Venture Analysis A Framework for Venture Planning— Course Notes, Bio-en-gene-er Associates, Wilmington, Delaware (1995). 

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Before a decision is made, all three items, ie, investment, return, and rate of return, would be examined, as would the current cash position, perceived risk, other venture opportunities, and a variety of subjective criteria. Eor this elementary situation, economists would also employ an incremental approach analogous to the above, based on the tenet that each increment of investment should itself make an adequate return. Rarely is there a unique correct decision. Only future events determine the wisdom of the selection even then, the results that another decision would have produced are rarely known. This is the essence of profitabiHty analysis. 

DecoveTj of Capital. In Figure 1, the annual book depreciation is used to retire the fixed capital investment. Whereas this accounting model does not correspond to the typical money flow, it is one possible model for recovery of capital. This model assumes that the investment is reduced each year by the amount of the annual depreciation. Another model (22) assumes that a uniform yearly book depreciation payment is made to an interest-bear sinking fund that accumulates to the depreciable fixed capital amount at the end of the venture. Using this second model, the investment is outstanding throughout the lifetime of the project. This also does not correspond to the actual money flow in most cases. ProfitabiUty analysis utilizes a third model based on discounted cash flows. 

Incremental Criteria. When mutually exclusive ventures having different levels of investment are compared, an attractive concept is that each increment of investment must itself yield a satisfactory return. This concept has led to a variety of incremental approaches for profitabiUty analysis. Because the risk can vary with investment level and cloud the meaning of satisfactory, any incremental approach to multiyear investment analysis should be viewed with caution. 

Gash Flow Examples. Several hypothetical ventures are presented to illustrate cash flow analysis. Venture A exhibits a cash flow analysis. Venture A exhibits a cash flow pattern typical of process ventures. Other ventures are introduced for comparison and to provide additional insight into cash flow analysis. 

Fig. 2. Venture A Input data and profitabifity analysis. For profitabifity analysis, DTC equals line 8 multiphed by the discount factor [1 -...

The analysis of an EXAFS spectrum is a time-consuming and expertisedemanding venture. We will briefly indicate what the steps are ... 

The year 1954 is a landmark in Prigogine s research in thermodynamics for the first time he ventures to break down the barrier of linearity. As in all sciences, the simplest problems occur when one studies the phenomena that happen in the neighborhood of a known reference state. The tools necessary for this study have been handed down to us by the mathematicians of the nineteenth century linear analysis, a complete, simple and elegant formalism, offering the solution of all problems in this realm. Unfortunately, when applied to physical problems, one must take into account that its validity range is very limited. 

Land for the project is available at 300,000. The fixed capital investment was estimated to be 12,000,000. A working capital of 1,800,000 is needed initially for the venture. Start-up expenses based upon past experience are estimated to be 750,000. The project qualifies under IRS guidelines as a 5-year class life investment. The company uses MACRS depreciation with the half-year convention. At the conclusion of the prmect, the land and working capital are returned to management. Develop a cash flow analysis for this project, using a cumulative cash position table (Table 9-25). 

Net Present Worth Method The NPW method allows the conversion of all money flows to be discounted to the present time. Appropriate interest factors are applied depending on how and when the cash flow enters a venture. They may be instantaneous, as in the purchase of capital equipment, or uniform, as in operating expenses. The alternative with the more positive NPW is the one to be preferred. In some instances, the alternatives may have different lives so the cost analysis must be for the least common multiple number of years. For example, if alternative A has a 2-year life and alternative B has a 3-year hfe, then 6 years is the least common multiple. The rate of return, capitalized cost, cash flow, and uniform annual cost methods avoid this complication. 

There is good reason not to use AWP in country U. Suppose that drug firms in some country are able to earn above-normal rates of return on new products, year in and year out. If monopoly rents are built into AWP there, they should surely be backed out if the analysis is to be done from a true societal perspective. The argument in Gold et al. (1996) that prices must be at least high enough for firms to break even does not preclude the possibility that most ventures do much better than just break even. 

When dealing with ordinary industrial operations, profits cannot be predicted with extreme accuracy. In any type of investment a certain amount of risk is always involved, and a chemical venture is an investment. At least moderate risks are involved in most industrial ventures. In general, a 20% return before income taxes would be a minimum acceptable return for such an investment proposition. Therefore the plant proposed here looks promising, and further economic analysis is strongly suggested. 

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