Process Equipment Cost Estimating by Ratio and Proportion
The first step is to determine the cost index for our two dates. Referring to Table 2, the CECPI index for 2001 is found to be 394.3 (our base index for this example). Consulting a recent issue of Chemical Engineering magazine, the CECPI index for 2006 is found to be 499.6 (the current index for this example). The student may be