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TABLE 19
Capital-cost data for processing plants (i990)t
$ of fixed-
Fiied- capital Power factor (x)$
PKUdUCt ljpical capital investment for plant-
Or plant size, investment, per annual capacity
Pro== Process remarks 1000 tons / yr million .$ ton of product ratio

Chemical plants
Acetic acid CHsOH and CO-catalytic 10 6 650 0.68
Acetone Propylene-copper chloride catalyst 100 3 2 320 0.45
Ammonia Steam reforming 100 2 4 240 0.53
Ammonium nitrate Ammonia and nitric acid 100 5 5 0 0.65
Butanof Propylene, CO, and H,O-catalytic 50 40 800 0.40
Chlorine Electrolysis of NaCl 50 28 550 0.45
Ethylene Refinery gases 50 13 260 0.83
Ethylene oxide Ethylene-catalytic 50 5 0 1000 0.78
Formaldehyde
(37%) Methanol-catalytic 10 16 1600 0.55
Glycol Ethylene and chlorine 5 15 2900 0.75
Hydrofluoric acid Hydrogen fluoride and H,O 10 8 800 0.68
Methanol CO,, natural gas, and steam 60 13 200 0.60
Nitric acid
(high strength) Ammonia-catalytic 100 6 65 0.60
Phosphoric acid Calcium phosphate and H,SO, 5 3 650 0.60
Polyethylene
(high density) Ethylene-catalytic 5 16 3200 0.65
Propylene Refinery gases 10 3 320 0.70
Sulfuric acid Sulfur-catalytic 100 3 3 2 0.65
Urea Ammonia and CO, 6 0 8 130 0.70