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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  
400 Total Number of Rotating Equipment Per Site
75% Proportion Pumps
300 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
60 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 CO2 eq per pump
75 cars per pump
76,632,480 kWh per site
20,690,770 kg CO2 eq per site
4,498 cars per site
   
Calculate Pump Seal Energy Saving Usage #2  
10% % Plan 21's
30 Plan 21's per site
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
9,460,800 kWh per site
2,554,416 kg CO2 eq per site
555 cars per site
   
Calculate Total Energy Savings Per Site  
86,093,280 kWh per site
23,245,186 kg CO2 eq per site
5,053 total number of equivalent cars saving per site
   
Scale Up For Global Usage  
520 global number of sites
44,768,505,600 kWh
12,087,496,512 kg CO2 eq
2,627,717 total number of equivalent cars globally

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  • Reference: ROI-2020-068
  • Savings: ZAR 130,152 / year
  • Water Savings: 216,000 litres / month

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