EP Electric has identified two new methods to treat its cooling water. Alternative D(for inflow) would treat the raw water with a conventional reverse osmosis system so that the cycles of concentration could be increased from 5 to 20, This will result in water cost savings of $360,000 per year and chemical cost savings of $56,000 per year. The initial cost of the equipment will be $2.3 million with an operating cost of $125,000 per year Alternative B (for blowdown) will treat the cooling tower blowdown water using a highpressure seawater reverse osmosis system to recover most of the water that is sent to an evaporation pond. This option will result in water sav- ings of $270,000 per year. The cost of the system will be $1.2 million with an operating cost of $105,000 per year. Assuming one of the two methods must be installed, determine which is preferred on the basis of the incremental ROR value using MARRof 5%per year, which is a typically low return expected of government projects. Use a 10-year study period with no salvage value for either system. (Note: See Problem 8.41 for more on this situation.)

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. Alternative B is preferred since its incremental ROR value is higher. The Incremental ROR value for Alternative D is calculated as follows: Net Savings (NS) = Water Savings + Chemical Savings - Initial Cost - Operating Cost NS = 360,000 + 56,000 - 2,300,000 - 125,000 NS = -1,809,000 Incremental ROR = (NS / Investment) * MARR Incremental ROR = (-1,809,000 / 2,300,000) * 0.05 Incremental ROR = -0.073 Similarily, the Incremental ROR value for Alternative B is calculated as follows: Net Savings (NS) = Water Savings - Initial Cost - Operating Cost NS = 270,000 - 1,200,000 - 105,000 NS = -1,035,000 Incremental ROR = (NS / Investment) * MARR Incremental ROR = (-1,035,000 / 1,200,000) * 0.05 Incremental ROR = -0.042 Since the Incremental ROR of Alternative B is higher than that of Alternative D, Alternative B is a preferred option in terms of ROR.
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