Handbook of mechanical and electrical cost data, giving shipping weights, capacities, outputs, and net prices of machines and apparatus, and detailed costs of installation, maintenance, depreciation and operation, together with many principles and data relating to engineering economics (1918)
Gillette, Halbert Powers, 1869-, Dana, Richard Turner, 1876-1928, joint author · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 556
l, 95 cts. bbl. $8,910Fixed charges 147o 7,030 Total , .. . . .f20,190 3 engines 2 engines Fuel, 95 ct. bbl. $2,790 $2,790 Fixed charges, 147^.. 10,780 10,280 Total ........... $17,620 $17,120 STEAM POWER 533 The plants quoted are imaginary, but the cost figures are be-lieved to be approximately… … 0.30 a40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 090 1.00 I.IO L50 1.60 1.70 L80 130Cost of Oil per Barrel, Dollars . Fig. 56. Comparison of operating expenses of 600-kw. steam turbineand Diesel-Engine plants. output for a barrel of oil is based on reports from both Diesel andsteam plants, the oil engine plant being…