Cost Engineering for Pollution Prevention and Control

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Cost Engineering for Pollution Prevention and Control examines how monetary and non-monetary factors are evaluated to select the best alternative from competitive engineering proposals- judged with respect to some measure of system performance.

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1. An Introduction to Cost Engineering. 2. Defining the Engineering Problem. 3.Planning for the Future. 4. Capital Cost Estimates. 5. Operating Costs. 6. Cost Indexes. 7. Economy of Scale. 8. The Time Value of Money. 9. Depreciation and Asset Valuation. 10.Financing Capital Costs. 11. Financial Management for Operations. 12. Utility Service Revenues and Rate Making. 13. Financial Management for Engineering Projects.14.Optimization of Linear Models. 15. Optimization of Nonlinear Problems. 16. Building and Fitting Statistical Models. 17. Experimental Methods for Engineering Optimization.18. Designing under Uncertainty. 19. Monte Carlo Simulation. 20. Designing for Safety and Reliability. 21. References and Recommended Reading. 22. Appendix A- Staged Construction for Linear Growth. 23. Appendix B Economy of Scale Factors. 24. Appendix C - Factors for Economic Calculation. 25. Appendix D - Interpreting the LINGO Solution Report. 26. Appendix E Generating Random Numbers in Excel. Index.