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B. PDL INPUT INSTRUCTIONS1. PLANT-EQUIPMENTThe PLANT-EQUIPMENT instruction is used to specify the type, size, andnumber of plant components, as well as related specific economic informationto each TYPE of equipment. At least one PLANT-EQUIPMENT instruction must bespecified for the PLANT program to run.Should the user elect to use default values for the cost input, theprogram will assign cost data to the specified size of each type of equipmentusing the cost data references in Table V.1 and the scaling law:wherePCP = (CP)ref X [SIZE/(SIZE)refJCPCPrefSIZE(SIZE)refP= one of the nine cost parameters listed in TableV.l (excluding SIZE)= corresponding reference default value (see TableV.1)actual equipment size= reference equipment size (see Table V.l)= 0.67 for FIRST-COST, MINOR-OVHL-COST andMAJOR-OVHL-COST==0.4 for CONSUMABLES0.2 for MAINTENANCE, MINOR-OVHL-INT, andMAJOR-OVHL-INT==0.1 for EQUIPMENT-LIFE0.0 for INSTALLATIONHowever, the above default assignments can be adjusted by specifying newreference cost parameters, (CPref) or reference sizes (SIZEref) in theREFERENCE-COSTS instruction.The user is forewarned to examine Table V.l carefully before acceptingdefault equipment costs because there can be considerable variation in costwithin a generic type depending on location, design conditions, designfeatures, etc. Entry of the actual cost of a commercially available equipmentitem of the type and size specified is always preferred for improvedlife-cycle costing accuracy. Note that the default costs are several yearsout of date.V.9 (Revised 5/81)