Factors & Effects
- Created by: clumsyfooting
- Created on: 29-11-15 13:55
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- Factors & Effects
- Availability, sustainability & cost of feedstock
- If feedstock is locally provided, cost will be low + profit will be high
- If it has to be transported from afar, cost will be high.
- Will it last a long time or have to be restocked often
- It can't be too expensive
- Cost of oil & gas alters price depending on location
- Yield of Product
- High yield is very profitable
- Low yield costs money, time and energy to repeat reaction to make desired amount
- Energy Requirement
- Exothermic reaction heat can be used to heat buildings
- Most reactions use catalysts which has more control & saves money
- Reactions that need heat can be costly
- Reactions that need cooling can be costly
- Use of Byproducts
- Reactions can make more than 1 product
- If byproduct can be used elsewhere, money will be saved/made
- If products are toxic or corrosive, it will be expensive to deal with
- Recycling
- If unreacted materials can be put back into machine, improves efficiency & profit
- Water can be recycled & reduce waste
- It is difficult to separate unreacted materials after reaction - wasteful and inefficient
- Availability, sustainability & cost of feedstock
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