Economic and Environmental Benefits of Cleaner Technology …
193
Table 1
(continued)
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
5.
Variable
frequency
drive (VFD)
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. 0.1 lakh p.a.
5 years
5%
0.1
Rs. 0.1025 lakh p.a.
7000 (kWh) p.a.
Rs.3.9 lakh p.a.
Rs. 45 lakh
Rs. 0.5 lakh p.a.
10 years
7.5%
Rs. 0.33 lakh p.a.
Rs. 2.58115 lakh
p.a.
54,340 (kWh)
p.a.
Rs.4.66 lakh p.a.
−99.93
−51.7
0.026
0.5538
(continued)