CHEM ENG 3024: Professional Practice III
PROCESS ECONOMICS TUTORIAL #1
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INFORMATION AND DIRECTIONS
Due Date: 12.00 noon, Monday, 1st June 2020
This tutorial will contribute 5% towards your overall assessment for this course
All questions in this tutorial are of equal value i.e. 20% of the total marks.
Most questions will require a hand solution. Your answers should be neatly presented and easy to read
and follow, with sufficient details to ensure that the marker can work out how you have developed and
obtained your solution. Please ensure that you answer all the questions in each problem, particularly the
questions that involve the interpretation of the results of your calculations.
The tutorial is to be submitted as an individual submission. It is to be submitted via the online
submission process with multiple files allowed to be submitted per student. Please submit a scanned
electronic copy directly to MyUni – it is preferred and recommended that the file should be a “PDF” or
Acrobat file. It is preferred that you submit a single file, but it is understood that in the current
circumstances that this may not be possible. If you have difficulties meeting the submission
requirements, please contact Michael McCarthy via email (mccarma99@internode.on.net) to negotiate
alternative arrangements.
1. CAPEX ESTIMATION
You are required to estimate the capital cost to supply and install a medium size refrigeration system for a
processing plant. The major plant equipment items are a refrigeration compressor, an air-cooled
