TEA · Intermediate · 25 min
Techno-Economic Analysis End to End
Cost-awareTEA
Price the candidates your optimization found — materials, equipment, CapEx/OpEx, and recycling & end-of-life value.
Steps
Follow along
Each step is something you can do in the platform right now.
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Step 1
Finish an optimization run and open TEA (Studio → TEA).
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Step 2
Load the optimization output as the candidate set.
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Step 3
Confirm raw-material prices and composition for the top candidates.
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Step 4
Enter equipment sizing inputs — or use the six-tenths rule defaults for a first pass.
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Step 5
Review the cost breakdown: which module dominates for each candidate?
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Step 6
Re-run optimization with net value as an objective and compare the new front.
Notes
Pro tips
What experienced users wish they knew the first time.
A materials-dominated cost is a chemistry problem; an equipment-dominated cost is a scale problem. They need different fixes.
Chaining TEA into the pipeline keeps every new candidate automatically priced.
Want the details? This tutorial pairs with the docs page stages · catcost.
Read the docs →