New discounted cash flow method: Estimating plant profitability at the conceptual design level while compensating for business risk/uncertainty

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 251-263

  Mellichamp, Duncan A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Discounted cash flow; Investment decisions; Net present value; Plant design; Profitability measures; Risk and uncertainty in plant design

Indexed keywords

BALANCE SHEETS; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; BUSINESS RISKS; CAPITAL INVESTMENT; CAPITAL LOSS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN LEVELS; DESIGN PROCEDURE; DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; FIRST PRINCIPLES METHOD; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MINIMUM VALUE; NET PRESENT VALUE; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; PHYSICAL FEASIBILITY; PLANT DESIGNS; PLANT PROFITABILITY; PRODUCTION LEVEL; RISK PREMIUM;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DEPRECIATION; EARNINGS; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84867901208     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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