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Asked 16th Feb, 2018
Jeeshan Ahmed
Jeeshan Ahmed

What is the cost of the following utilities in a chemical plant: steam, cooling water and refrigeration ?

I want the cost per GJ of process steam, cooling water and refrigeration used in a chemical plant. What reference should I consult? The attached image from Turton's book (Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes) has shown the cost of steam to be greater than the cost of refrigeration which seems very unreasonable. It is written that the cost of refrigeration is maximum 13.11$/GJ whereas the cost of LP steam is shown as $14.05/GJ.
Please give some authentic reference to know the cost of steam and refrigeration.
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Mohammed Nasiru Bello
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What is the recommended cooling utilities if the minimum temperature of the process stream is 151 degree celcius
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Hamit Can
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https://ihsmarkit.com/pdf/RP145B_toc_173186110917062932.pdf
https://terpconnect.umd.edu/~nsw/chbe446/HowToEstimateUtilityCosts-UlrichVasudevan2006.pdf
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Hamit Can
Technical University of Sofia
https://ihsmarkit.com/pdf/RP145B_toc_173186110917062932.pdf
https://terpconnect.umd.edu/~nsw/chbe446/HowToEstimateUtilityCosts-UlrichVasudevan2006.pdf
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Jeeshan Ahmed
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Thanks @ Mr. Hamit Can
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Mehdi Aliehyaei
Islamic Azad University, Pardis Branch
Dear sir
You search in papers, several papers have equations that calcluate the cost based on the capacity.
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Jeeshan Ahmed
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Thanks @ Mr. Mehdi Aliehyaei
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