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S. No.
Technology
Cost variables
Conventional
technology
parameters
Cleaner
technology
parameters
Return on investment (ROI)
Cost-Benefit Ratio (CBR)
Conventional
Technology
(%)
Cleaner
technology (%)
Conventional
technology
Cleaner
technology
2.
Cooling tower
technology
1. Capital
Investment
2. Variable
Cost
3. Viability
period
4.
BuyBack cost
5. Depreciation
cost
6. Profit
7. Benefit
8. TC
Rs. 20 lakh
Rs. 1.7 lakh p.a.
8 years
5%
Rs. 0.25 lakh p.a
Rs. 108 lakh p.a.
72,000,000 liter
p.a.
Rs. 4.075 lakh p.a.
Rs. 34 lakh
Rs. 7.06 lakh p.a.
20 years
6.5%
Rs. 0.5 lakh p.a.
Rs. 202.5 lakh
p.a.
135,000,000 liter
p.a
Rs. 8.64 lakh p.a.
1881.5
2237.9
26.50
23.43
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