TOPCEE v1.0

Toyese Oyegoke Process Cost & Economic Evaluator

TOPCEE is a standalone GUI-based Python application designed to assist chemical engineers, researchers, and students in performing techno-economic evaluations of process plants. It supports the estimation of CAPEX, OPEX, and other economic viability indicators such as ROI, IRR, NPV, and payback period.

👨‍💻 Developer

Engr. Dr. Toyese Oyegoke
Computer-aided Engineering of Processes & Reactive Interface (CEPRI) Group Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Email: OyegokeToyese@gmail.com

🧩 Key Features

• CAPEX and OPEX estimation using standard costing heuristics
• GUI input interface for plant design and operating parameters
• Profitability metrics: ROI, IRR, DNPW, NPBP, DPBP, B/C Ratio
• Graphical plots of cash flow profiles
• Save/load inputs and export results as CSV
• No internet required — runs offline on any Python environment

📦 Requirements

• Python 3.x
• numpy
• matplotlib
• tkinter (built-in with standard Python)

🚀 Running the App

```bash python TOPCEE_v1.0.py

or

Download the TOPCEE_v1.0.exe file and install.