This document contains a list of topics related to chemical plant projects including: input/output balance, types of projects, technology selection criteria, site selection factors, project cost components like land, buildings, engineering, working capital, production costing, funding, depreciation, profitability analysis through break even, incremental, and discounted cash flow methods. It seeks to provide questions, definitions, and explanations of key financial and operational aspects of chemical projects.

1. VIVA QUESTION BANK
a) Imput/output balance of chemical plants
b) Differentiate between Greenfield & brownfield projects
c) Classification of chemical projects
d) Various viability parameters for technology selrction
e) Various profitability parameters for technology selection
f) Process selection coefficient
g) Main factors affecting site selection & list sub headings of any one
factor
h) Components of Greenfield project cost
i) Sub components of land & site development cost
j) Sub components of building & civil costs
k) Components of detailed engineering
l) Components of pre operative expenses
m) Methodology employed to compute financial expenses during
construction period
n) Method of computing working capital
o) Arriving at cost of production
p) Means of funding project cost
q) Importance of interest on project costing & plant profitability
r) Effect of depreciation on P/L account & balance sheet
s) Importance of break even analysis
t) Importance of incremental analysis
u) Importance of discounted cash flow methods