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Engineering Economics and Problem Solving: CHE 4N4

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Course outline Course videos from 2012 Copyright and other legal stuff Comments, questions, feedback? Don't wait for official course evaluations. Announcements A reading on the Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) The informal course evaluation results. An update regarding electronic submissions: a single Word document or PDF or Google Doc (preferred) will be accepted. Please read for more details. Question for class on Thursday: Estimate the capital cost for a distillation column fabricated from 316 stainless steel, 26 trays at regular spacing of 0.6m, operating at 3.2MPa. The column height is 21.3m and diameter of 2.3m. Solutions for both assignment 2 and 3 are available; see below. Paper copies will be returned in class on Thursday. Update on the midterm : the midterm has been rescheduled to 29 October 2012, starting at 19:00 (please be at the venue from 18:45 onwards). It will be written in T29, room 101.

Course overview Group work and chairperson skills Engineering economics Process safety Life-long and self-directed learning Process troubleshooting Dealing with uncertainty (reference only) Process operability Course pack for 2012

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Assignments/Tutorials Assignment questions will be available here. Parts of the assignments will be covered in the tutorial period. Personal finance SDL assignment/tutorial (Solutions covered in tutorial) Assignment 2: Time value of money (with solutions) Assignment 3: Profitability measures, depreciation, taxes and TVM (with solutions) Assignment 4: Sensitivity analysis, depreciation and taxes Assignment 5 Assignment 6 Assignment 7 Assignment 8 Assignment 9 New: Please follow these instructions when submitting electronically. Tests, exams and project Written midterm Self-directed learning project Final exam Practice questions for tests and exams Cover letter guidelines for written submissions