| Number of processes |
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| Number of periods |
|
| Number of Chemicals |
|
| Number of Alternate Production Schemes |
|
| Number of markets |
|
| Interest rate |
|
| Tax rate |
|
| Project life time |
years |
| Lengrth of time periods |
years |
| Index set of all production schemes |
|
| Limit on investment |
$/year |
| Process availability per period |
|
| Main product for each process |
|
| Limit on the number of expansions |
|
| Working capital factor |
|
| Exisiting capacities |
Lb/year |
| Salvage value factor |
|
| Lower and upper bound on expansion |
LB/year |
| Mass balance coeffients* |
|
| Variable investment coefficient |
$/Lb-yr |
| Fixed investment coefficient |
$/yr |
| Operating expenses per unit of main product |
$/LB |
| Cost for purchase of one unit of chemical |
$/LB |
| Purchase lower and upper bounds |
LB/yr |
| Sales lower and upper bounds |
LB/yr |
| Product Rate Coefficients |
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