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Capital Equipment Cost Database
Capital Equipment Cost Database
Capital Equipment Cost Database
This database of capital equipment costs and scaling data was created by William Townsend and Gra
the database. To find a particular piece of equipment, press "Control/Command+F," enter the
Each equipment entry includes the name of the equipment, the processing-related unit used for the li
costs scale throughout the range, and a Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) value used to
was 720.2. In order to estimate equipment costs, please use the formula shown below. Note that mu
Most of the data provided here assumes the use of carbon steel (c/s) for the equipment if not specifi
This database harmonizes cost estimation approaches across sources, which can lead to some variatio
original approaches is recommended if a more accurate estimate is required. It is also important to
Equipment Name
Agitator and mixer: propeller
Agitator and mixer: spiral ribbon mixer
Agitator and mixer: static mixer
Boiler: packaged, 15 to 40 bar
Boiler: field erected, 10 to 70 bar
Centrifuge: high speed disk
Centrifuge: atmospheric suspended basket
Compressor: blower
Compressor: centrifugal
Compressor: reciprocating
Conveyor: belt, .5 m wide
Conveyor: belt, 1 m wide
Conveyor: bucket elevator, .5 m bucket
Crusher: reversible hammer mill
Crusher: pulverizers
Crystallizer: scraped surface crystallizer
Dryer: direct contact rotary
Dryer: atmospheric tray batch
Dryer: spray dryer
Evaporator: vertical tube
Evaporator: agitated falling film
Exchanger: U-tube shell and tube
Exchanger: double pipe
Exchanger: thermosyphon reboiler
Exchanger: U-tube kettle reboiler
Exchanger: plate and frame
Filter: plate and frame
Filter: vacuum drum
Furnace: cylindrical
Furnace: box
Packings: 304 s/s Raschig rings
Packings: ceramic Intalox saddles
Packings: 304 s/s Pall rings
Packings: PVC structured packing
Packings: 304 s/s structured packing
Pressure vessels: vertical, c/s
Pressure vessels: horizontal, c/s
Pressure vessels: vertical, 304 s/s
Pressure vessels: horizontal, 304 s/s
Pumps and drivers: single stage centrifugal
Pumps and drivers: explosion proof motor
Pumps and drivers: condensing steam turbine
Reactor: jacketed, agitated
Reactor: jacketed, agitated, glass-lined
Tank: floating roof
Tank: cone roof
Tray: sieve tray
Tray: valve tray
Tray: bubble cap tray
Utilities: cooling tower & pump
Utilities: packaged mechanical refrigerator
Utilities: water ion exchange plant
Fan: centrifugal, radial bladed, 2.5 kPa-g, excl. motor, starter,
gearing (carbon steel)
Fan: centrifugal, radial bladed, 2.5 kPa-g, TEFC motor, starter,
gearing
Fan: vane-axial, 0.5 kPa-g, open drip proof motor
Fan: propeller, including motor and housing (small)
Fan: propeller, including motor and housing (large)
Fan unit: air conditioning package with two fans, integral
piping, etc.
Fan unit: air conditioning package with two fans, integral
piping, etc. (large)
Blower: centrifugal, cast iron, 28 kPa g, motor and drive
Blower: rotary lobe, cast iron, 70 kPa g, drip proof motor and
drive, single stage
Blower: rotary sliding vane, 275 kPa g, with lubricator, coupling
and base but excluding motor and drive
Heat exchanger: air cooled, FOB cost for c/s 1 MPa including
bundle, heater, fan, explosion-proof motor, case but excluding
foundation, water trim cooler, fireproofing
Heat exchanger: coil, in tank, c/s coil excluding tank
Heat exchanger: ramen/lamella plate fin, brazed alumina,
pressure less than 7 MPa
Heat exchanger: ramen/lamella plate fin, brazed alumina,
pressure less than 7 MPa (large)
Heat exchanger: thermal screw, single screw, c/s with screw
and trough but excluding motor and drive
Heat exchanger: thermal screw, single screw, c/s with screw
and trough but excluding motor and drive (large)
Heat exchanger: bayonet, c/s
Heat exchanger: bayonet, c/s (large)
Cooling tower: induced or forced draft, approach temperature
5.5 hC, wet bulb temperature 23.8 hC, cooling range 5.5 hC.
Package with fans, motors, integral piping, erection and labor
excluding foundations, basin, water pumps, external and
distribution piping
Boiler: fired, package, gas–oil fired, water tube with fire tube
for smaller size, 1.5 MPa with boiler, burner, fan, deaerator,
chemical injection, stack, integral piping, instruments
Boiler: field erected, gas–oil fired, water tube, 1.5 MPa,
excluding distribution facilities and housing
Furnace: dowtherm, package unit including firing
Tray column: c/s column with c/s sieve trays on 0.6 m spacing.
FOB units with trays shop- installed complete with some
nozzles but no access holes or tooling up fee
Tray column: c/s column with c/s sieve trays on 0.6 m spacing.
FOB units with trays shop-installed with nozzles, access holes
and tooling up charge
Tray column: 316 s/s column with 316 s/s sieve trays on 0.3 m
spacing. FOB units with trays shop-installed complete with
some nozzles but no access holes or tooling up fee
Tray column: 316 s/s column with 316 s/s sieve trays on 0.3 m
spacing. FOB units with trays shop-installed complete with
some nozzles but no access holes or tooling up fee (large)
Tray column: 316 s/s column with 316 s/s sieve trays on 0.3 m
spacing. FOB units with trays shop-installed complete with
nozzles, no access holes and tooling up fee
Tray column: 316 s/s column with 316 s/s sieve trays on 0.3 m
spacing. FOB units with trays shop-installed complete with
nozzles, no access holes and tooling up fee (large)
Ion exchange: single fixed bed, 1.3 MPa pressure units for
sodium form resin with rubber-lined c/s exchange columns for
continuous operation excluding resin
Ion exchange: single fixed bed, 1.3 MPa pressure units for
sodium form resin with rubber-lined c/s exchange columns for
continuous operation excluding resin
Ion exchange resin: strong acid cationic hydrogen form or
MR/MP form
Ion exchange resin: weak acid cationic hydrogen form or
MR/MP form
Ion exchange resin: strong and weak base anionic hydrogen or
sodium form
VOC removal from air
VOC removal from air (large)
Separation of permanent gases
Permeation
Permeation
Rotary disk filter, vacuum, 304 s/s, high hydraulic loading, filter
and agitator, filter box, hood and repulper but excluding
vacuum system and vacuum receiver
Rotary disk filter, vacuum, 304 s/s, high hydraulic loading, filter
and agitator, filter box, hood and repulper but excluding
vacuum system and vacuum receiver
Deep bed: Gravity filter, (slow sand, rapid sand, dual media,
multimedia, deep bed and high rate) including filter structure,
underdrains, wash-water troughs, pipes, valves, backwash
facilities, filter media, surface wash system, instrumentation,
control and housing
Deep bed filter: Including media as standalone unit with c/s
housing
Cartridge filter: batch volume, less than 1 m 3, c/s filter only
Belt filter, horizontal vacuum: 316 s/s for parts contacting the
liquid, including drive and motor but excluding vacuum
equipment, platforms, tanks, pumps and piping for feed and
wash
Gas sparger, air diffuser only: unit price for 5.3 m sections of
23 cm diameter sparger including fittings to connect into
gallery but excluding pipe to compressor or blower
Gas sparger: air diffuser only: unit price for 5.3 m sections of
23 cm diameter sparger including fittings to connect into
gallery but excluding pipe to compressor or blower
Thickener: (mechanism only), c/s including drive, access
platform, central shaft, bridge, rake and scraping arm,
handrail, surface skimmer, excluding inlet pipe and overflow
launders
Double cone: including TEFC motor and drive
Ribbon
Twin shell
Edge mill: (Muller mixer; Planetary action vertical, pan mixer):
including TEFC motor c/s
Mill, grinding circuit: open circuit ball mill, dry with 100 Mesh
product, including classifier, motors, drives, mill, installation
and erection within the BL but excluding dust collection,
feeder and solids handling
Comminutor: with gear reduction unit, motor, steel cutters
Comminutor: with gear reduction unit, motor, steel cutters
(large)
Demister pad: Standard glass fibers, s/s construction, medium
pressure drop, fine drops. Includes gaskets, cap screws,
washer and polygon frame but excluding vessel or tank
Flocculation basin: including reinforced concrete basin,
motors, variable speed drive, horizontal paddle flocculators,
excluding upstream rapid mix and downstream settling basin,
installed
Cone roof: API, 100 m3, flat bottom, fixed cone roof, including
access hole, one 10 cm nozzle, one 15 cm nozzle, four 5 cm
nozzles, staircase excluding foundations and dyking
Bag sealer: for kraft bags with polymer liner, FOB including
preheater but excluding vacuum attachment to remove dust,
cooler, conveyors and kiln section
Bag vibrating packers
Automatic bulk weighing scales: for free flowing material, not
dust enclosed, up to 2 weighings/min and capacity up to 0.06
m3/s ± 1 %
Blender: Kneader
Blender: Ribbon
Blender: Rotary
Centrifuge: Auto Batch Separator
Centrifuge: Centrifugal Separator
Centrifuge: Oscillating Screen
Centrifuge: Solid Bowl w/o Motor
Compressor w/o electric motors: Centrifugal
Compressor w/o electric motors: Axial
Compressor w/o electric motors: Rotary
Compressor w/o electric motors: Reciprocating
Conveyor: Apron
Conveyor: Belt
Conveyor: Pneumatic
Conveyor: Screw
Crystallizer: Batch
Drive (electric): Explosion Proof
Drive (electric): Totally Enclosed
Drive (electric): Open/Drip Proof
Drive (non-electric): Gas Turbine
Drive (non-electric): Steam Turbine
Drive (non-electric): Internal Combustion
Dryer: Drum
Dryer: Rotary, Gas Fired
Dryer: Tray
Dust collector: Baghouse
Dust collector: Cyclone Scrubbers
Dust collector: Electrostatic Precipitator
Dust collector: Venturi
Evaporator: Forced Circulation
Evaporator: Falling Film
Evaporator: Agitated (Scraped Wall)
Evaporator: Short Tube
Evaporator: Long Tube
Fan (with electric motors): Centrifugal Radial Fan
Fan (with electric motors): Centrifugal Backward curved fan
Fan (with electric motors): Axial Tube Fan
Fan (with electric motors): Axial Vane Fan
Filter: Bent
Filter: Cartridge
Filter: Disc and Drum
Filter: Gravity
Filter: Leaf
Filter: Pan
Filter: Plate and Frame
Filter: Table
Filter: Tube
Fired heater (reactive heater): Reformer Furnace
Fired heater (reactive heater): Pyrolysis Furnace
Fired heater (non-reactive): Process Heater
Fired heater (thermal fluid): Hot Water
Fired heater (thermal fluid): Molten Salt, Mineral Oil, and
Silicon Oils
Fired heater (thermal fluid): Diphenyl Based Oils
Fired heater (thermal fluid): Packaged Steam Boilers
Heat Exchanger: Double Pipe
Heat Exchanger: Multiple Pipe
Heat Exchanger: Fixed Tube, Sheet, or U Bend
Heat Exchanger: Floating Head
Heat Exchanger: Bayonet
Heat Exchanger: Kettle Reboiler
Heat Exchanger: Scraped Wall
Heat Exchanger: Teflon Tube
Heat Exchanger: Air Cooler
Heat Exchanger: Spiral Tube - Shell and Tube
Heat Exchanger: Spiral Plate
Heat Exchanger: Flat Plate
Mixer: Impeller
Mixer: Propeller
Mixer: Turbine
Mixer: Centrifugal Pump
Mixer: Positive Displacement pump
Mixer: Reciprocating pump
Reactor: Autoclave
Reactor: Fermenter
Reactor: Inoculum Tank
Reactor: Jacketed Agitated
Reactor: Jacketed Non-Agitated
Reactor: Mixer/Settler
Screen: DSM
Screen: Rotary
Screen: Stationary
Screen: Vibrating
Storage Tank: Fixed Roof
Storage Tank: Floating Roof
Turbine: Axial
Turbine: Radial
Vaporizer: Jacketed Vessel
Vaporizer: Internal Coil
Vaporizer: Jacketed Vessel w/ Coil
Vessel: Vertical Vessel
Vessel: Horizontal Vessel
Tower Tray: Sieve
Tower Tray: Valve
Tower Tray: Demister
Tower Packing: Ceramic
Tower Packing: 304 s/s
Tower Packing: Plastic Saddle
Agitators: Propeller for open tank
Agitators: Propeller for closed vessel
Agitators: Turbine for open tank
Agitators: Turbine for closed vessel
Autoclaves (also see reactors): Autoclave, steel
Autoclaves (also see reactors): Autoclave, stainless steel
Autoclaves (also see reactors): Autoclave, glass lined
Boilers: Steam boiler
Crystallizers: Crystallizer, continuous cooling, jacketed scraped
wall
Crystallizers: Crystallizer, continuous evaporative, forced
circulation
Crystallizers: Crystallizer, continuous evaporative, draft-tube
baffled
Crystallizers: Crystallizer, batch evaporative
Non-Electric Drives: Steam turbine (noncondensing)
Non-Electric Drives: Steam turbine (condensing)
Non-Electric Drives: Gas turbine
Non-Electric Drives: Internal combustion engine
Dryers: Dryer, batch tray
Dryers: Dryer, direct-heat rotary
Dryers: Dryer, indirect-heat steam-tube rotary
Dryers: Dryer, drum
Dryers: Dryer, spray
Dust Collectors: Bag filter
Dust Collectors: Cyclone
Dust Collectors: Electrostatic precipitator
Dust Collectors: Venturi scrubber
Evaporators: Evaporator, horizontal tube
Evaporators: Evaporator, long-tube vertical (rising film)
Evaporators: Evaporator, forced circulation
Evaporators: Evaporator, falling film
Expression: Screw press
Expression: Roll press
Fired Heaters/Furnaces: Heater, general purpose (box furnace)
Fired Heaters/Furnaces: Heater, reformer
Fired Heaters/Furnaces: Heater, pyrolysis
Fired Heaters/Furnaces: Heater, hot water
Fired Heaters/Furnaces: Heater, molten salt, mineral and
silicon oils
Fired Heaters/Furnaces: Heater, Dowtherm A
pment, the processing-related unit used for the listed scaling range, the possible scale range for a single piece of equipment, th
ngineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) value used to adjust equipment costs for time effects. CEPCI values are published periodica
ease use the formula shown below. Note that multiple pieces of equipment may be required depending on the processing nee
sired equipment cost = minimum equipment cost * (desired equipment scale value / minimum equipment scale value) scaling factor
carbon steel (c/s) for the equipment if not specified otherwise. The sources often specify cost multiples for the use of stainless
es across sources, which can lead to some variation in final cost estimates (up to ±20%) compared to the original method (if ap
curate estimate is required. It is also important to note that all capital cost estimates are subject to uncertainty (±25%) due to h
kW 0.3 1,500.0 $ 44
m3 1.0 18.0 $ 18
m3 1.0 18.0 $ 33
m3 1.0 18.0 $ 36
dm3/s 4.5 18.0 $ 132,127
dm /s 3
18.0 40.0 $ 250,000
m3/s 1.0 10.0 $ 2,000,000
m2 100.0 560.0 $ 63,053
m 2
560.0 10,000.0 $ 130,000
S = (Height, ft)*(Diameter,
ft)1.5 3.0 2,000.0 $ 913
Volume, ft 3
10.0 56.0 $ 7,760
Volume, ft3 20.0 380.0 $ 112,869
Volume, ft3 10.0 380.0 $ 57,639
Volume, ft 3
25.0 320.0 $ 16,819
Volume, ft3 50.0 270.0 $ 19,939
Volume, ft3 35.0 330.0 $ 14,351
S = (Diameter, in.)*(Length,
ft).59 15.5 578.8 $ 1,241
S = (Bucket width,
in.)*(Height, ft)1.14 131.5 6,050.3 $ 7,935
le piece of equipment, the corresponding cost range for the scale range, a scaling factor to describe how
s are published periodically by Chemical Engineering, and for reference the CEPCI value as of July 2021
ng on the processing needs of any step, and in this case maximum scale values should not be exceeded.
es for the use of stainless steel (s/s) or other materials or alloys; check the sources directly for this data.
he original method (if applicable). This primarily applies to sources other than Woods 2007, so using the
certainty (±25%) due to how this data is obtained. Ultimately, only vendor quotes are 100% accurate.