COMPARE: A Method for Analyzing Investment Alternatives in Industrial Wood and Bark Energy Systems.

Abstract

COMPARE is a FORTRAN computer program resulting from a study to develop methods for comparative economic analysis of alternatives in industrial wood and bark energy systems. COMPARE provides complete guidelines for economic analysis of wood and bark energy systems. As such, COMPARE can be useful to those who have only basic familiarity with investment analysis of wood and bark energy systems. This report provides instructions on how to prepare data for COMPARE, information on how to use the program, sample data, sample output, and a listing of the program. COMPARE ranks investment alternatives according to the highest benefit cost ratio based on discounted energy values and cash flows. The use of a benefit cost ratio as a ranking criterion is analyzed and explained in an appendix to this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA132111

Entities

People

  • Peter J. Ince

Organizations

  • Forest Products Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calorific Value
  • Combustion
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Economic Analysis
  • Energy Systems
  • Engineering
  • Fuels
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Combustion
  • Heat Recovery
  • Investments
  • Money
  • New York
  • Operating Systems
  • United States

Readers

  • Economics
  • Forest Ecology
  • Systems Analysis and Design