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Future value of a periodic series of investments . . . . . 574 21: Rehabilitation—Risk
Annuities, loans, and leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Gradients (payouts/payments with constant growth Evaluation, 600
rates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
When does a pipeline need revalidation? The influence
Analyzing complex investments and cash flow
of defect growth rates and inspection criteria on an
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
operator’s maintenance program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
Pipeline risk management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
Decision and Evaluation Criteria for
Investments and Financial Projects . . . 577
Payback method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 22: Conversion Factors, 614
Accounting rate of return (ROR) method . . . . . . . . . . 578
Internal rate of return (IRR) method . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 Units of measurement from one system to another . . . 615
Net present value (NPV) method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Viscosity—equivalents of absolute viscosity . . . . . . . . . 623
General liquid density nomograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624
Sensitivity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Chart gives specific gravity/temperature relationship
Decision Tree Analysis of Investments for petroleum oils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626
and Financial Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 Weight density and specific gravity of various
liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626
Accounting Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 Metric conversions—metric to English, English to
metric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
Estimate the cost of a pipeline in the U.S. (based on
1994 data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 Temperature conversion—centigrade to Fahrenheit,
How to compare the cost of operating an engine on Fahrenheit to centigrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628
diesel and natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 Viscosity—equivalents of kinematic viscosity . . . . . . . . 629
How to estimate energy costs for different pipeline Viscosity—equivalents of kinematic and Saybolt
throughputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 Universal Viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
Comparing fuel costs for diesel and electric prime Viscosity—equivalents of kinematic and Saybolt
movers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592 Furol Viscosity at 122°F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
Nomograph for calculating scale-up of equipment or Viscosity—general conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
plant costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592 Pressure conversion chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
Nomograph for calculating scale-up of tank costs . . . . 594 A simple method to determine square root . . . . . . . . 633
Nomograph for determining sum-of-years SI data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634
depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 Energy conversion chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
Nomograph for estimating interest rate of return on Flow conversion chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
investment (“profitability index”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 Conversions involving different types of fuel . . . . . . . 636
Nomograph for determining break-even point . . . . . . 597 Weight of water per cubic ft at various
Chart gives unit cost per brake horsepower of temperatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641
reciprocating compressors with various types of Engineering constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641
prime movers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 Mensuration units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
Minutes to decimal hours conversion table . . . . . . . . . 642
Chart shows influence on unit cost of numbers of
How to compare costs of gas and alternate fuels . . . . . 643
reciprocating compressor units installed in one
Typical characteristics of fuel oils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598
Chart gives unit cost per brake horsepower of
centrifugal compressors with various types of prime
movers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 Index, 645

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