Synfuel program analysis. Volume I. Procedures-capabilities

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6879479· OSTI ID:6879479

Muddiman, J. B.; Whelan, J. W.

This is the first of the two volumes describing the analytic procedures and resulting capabilities developed by Resource Applications (RA) for examining the economic viability, public costs, and national benefits of alternative synfuel projects and integrated programs. This volume is intended for Department of Energy (DOE) and Synthetic Fuel Corporation (SFC) program management personnel and includes a general description of the costing, venture, and portfolio models with enough detail for the reader to be able to specifiy cases and interpret outputs. It also contains an explicit description (with examples) of the types of results which can be obtained when applied to: the analysis of individual projects; the analysis of input uncertainty, i.e., risk; and the analysis of portfolios of such projects, including varying technology mixes and buildup schedules. In all cases, the objective is to obtain, on the one hand, comparative measures of private investment requirements and expected returns (under differing public policies) as they affect the private decision to proceed, and, on the other, public costs and national benefits as they affect public decisions to participate (in what form, in what areas, and to what extent).

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Wilmington, DE (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6879479
• Report Number(s): DOE/RA/00001-T5(Vol.1)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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