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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  
500 Total Number of Rotating Equipment Per Site
75% Proportion Pumps
375 Total Number of Pumps Per Site
90% Utilisation
7,884 Utilisation Hours Per Year Per Pump
2,956,500 Total Pump Utilisation Hours Per Year Per Site
   
Calculate Pump Seal Energy Saving Usage #1  
20% % Plan 32's
75 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
95,790,600 kWh per site
25,863,462 kg CO2eq per site
5,622 cars per site
   
Calculate Pump Seal Energy Saving Usage #2  
10% % Plan 21's
38 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
11,826,000 kWh per site
3,193,020 kg CO2eq per site
694 cars per site
   
Calculate Total Energy Savings Per Site  
107,616,600 kWh per site
29,056,482 kg CO2eq per site
6,317 total number of equivalent cars saving per site
   
Scale Up For Global Usage  
4,174 global number of site
449,191,688,400 kWh
121,281,755,868 kg CO2eq
26,365,599 total number of equivalent cars globally

 

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Chemical Plant Case studies

Saving water, the environment and our customers money

  • Water savings

  • Reference: CH00496
  • Savings: 2,000 cubic meters of water per annum
  • Savings: £987 per annum

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Upgrading from packing reduces water usage and operating costs

  • Water savings

  • Reference: CH00886 - CH00897
  • Savings: 18 million litres of water per annum
  • Savings: £11,800 per per annum

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Chemical company saves £9,400 and 17,000m3 of water a year

  • Water savings

  • Reference: 2292-2297
  • ROI: <6 months
  • Savings: 17,000m3 of water a year

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If enough businesses act, together we can slow down or help to prevent Global Warming.

A Summary of Evidence

We estimate that widespread adoption of more climate-friendly policies in industry globally, could have the equivalent impact of taking 630.5 million cars off the roads.

Real World Examples

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