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Copper Mine (Dewatering)

Calculations on how we formulated the figure of equivalent cars globally. For the Potential C02 Savings for Mechanical Seal Usage in Industries.
Calculation B  
   
Calculate Pump Time  
200 Total Number of Rotating Equipment Per Site
75% Proportion Pumps
150 Total Number of Pumps Per Site
90% Utilisation
7,884 Utilisation Hours Per Year Per Pump
1,182,600 Total Pump Utilisation Hours Per Year Per Site
   
Calculate Pump Seal Energy Saving Usage #1  
20% % Plan 32's
30 Plan 32's per Mine
162 kW per pump seal energy saving plan 32 to 23
0.27 kg CO2 eq per kWh
1,277,208 kWh per pump
344,846 kg CO2 eq per pump
75 cars per pump
38,316,240 kWh per site
10,345,384 kg CO2 eq per site
2249 cars per site
   
Calculate Pump Seal Energy Saving Usage #2  
10% % Plan 21's
15 Plan 21's per Mine
40 kW per pump seal energy saving plan 21 to 23
0.27 kg CO2 eq per kWh
315,360 kWh per pump
85,147 kg CO2 eq per pump
18.51 cars per pump
4,730,400 kWh per site
1,277,208 kg CO2 eq per site
278 cars per site
   
Calculate Total Energy Savings Per Site  
43,046,640 kWh per site
11,622,593 kg CO2 eq per site
2,527 total number of equivalent cars saving per site
   
Scale Up For Global Usage  
777 global number of sites
33,447,239,280 kWh
9,030,754,606 kg CO2 eq
1,963,208 total number of equivalent cars globally

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 Calculation Notes

The primary application AESSEAL has been involved in for this industry is for filter press feed pumps dewatering the ore slurries.

 Calculation References
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Copper Mining Case Studies

A $30,000 yearly saving for Australian copper mine
  • Water savings

  • Reference: CH00371
  • Savings: 10,000,000 litres of
    water per year
  • Savings: $30,000 Australian Dollars

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