A heat exchanger has been designed for use in a chemical process. A standard type of heat

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A heat exchanger has been designed for use in a chemical process.

A standard type of heat exchanger with a negligible scrap value costs \(\$ 4,000\) and will have a useful life of \(6 \mathrm{yr}\). Another proposed heat exchanger of equivalent design capacity costs \(\$ 6,800\) but will have a useful life of \(10 \mathrm{yr}\) and a scrap value of \(\$ 800\). Assuming an effective compound interest rate of \(8 \% / \mathrm{yr}\), determine which heat exchanger is cheaper by comparing the capitalized costs.

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Product And Process Design Principles Synthesis Analysis And Evaluation

ISBN: 9781119355243

4th Edition

Authors: Warren D. Seider, Daniel R. Lewin, J. D. Seader, Soemantri Widagdo, Rafiqul Gani, Ka Ming Ng

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