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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  
2,000 Total Number of Rotating Equipment Per Site
75% Proportion Pumps
1,500 Total Number of Pumps Per Site
90% Utilisation
7,884 Utilisation Hours Per Year Per Pump
2,365,200 Total Pump Utilisation Hours Per Year Per Site
   
Calculate Pump Seal Energy Saving Usage #1  
20% % Plan 32's
300 Plan 32's per site
162 kW per pump seal energy saving plan 32 to 23
0.27 kg CO2eq per kWh
1,277,208 kWh per pump
344,846 kg CO2eq per pump
75 cars per pump
383,162,400 kWh per site
103,453,848 kg CO2eq per site
22,490 cars per site
   
Calculate Pump Seal Energy Saving Usage #2  
10% % Plan 21's
150 Plan 21's per site
40 kW per pump seal energy saving plan 21 to 23
0.27 kg CO2eq per kWh
315,360 kWh per pump
85,147 kg CO2eq per pump
18.51 cars per pump
47,304,000 kWh per site
12,772,080 kg CO2eq per site
2,777 cars per site
   
Calculate Total Energy Savings Per Refinery  
430,466,400 kWh per site
116,225,928 kg CO2eq per site
25,267 total number of equivalent cars saving per site
   
Scale Up For Global Usage  
715 global number of sites
307,783,476,000 kWh
83,101,538,520 kg CO2eq
18,065,552 total number of equivalent cars globally

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Refineries Case Studies

Improved pump reliability for oil refinery
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  • Reference: CH01447
  • MTBF: 500% increase
  • Savings: £343,000

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