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For the Potential CO2 Savings for Mechanical Seal Usage in Industries. # Refineries - Steam Turbines: Calculation | Calculate Pump Time |   | | --- | --- | | 2000 | Total Number of Rotating Equipment Per Site | | 5% | Proportion of Turbines | | 100 | Total number of Turbines Per Site | | 90% | Utilisation | | 7884 | Utilisation Hours Per Year Per Turbine | | 788,400 | Total Turbine Utilisation Hours Per Year Per Site | | Calculate Pump Seal Energy Saving Usage #1 |   | | --- | --- | | 100% | %Turbines | | 100 | Turbines per Site | | 90 | kg/hr LP steam loss per turbine | | 709,560 | kg/year per turbine | | 0.18 | kg CO2 eq per kWh steam | | 129,140 | kg/year CO2 eq per turbine | | 28 | cars/year per turbine | | 12,913,992 | kg CO2 eq per site | | 2,807 | cars per site | | Scale up For Global Usage |   | | --- | --- | | 715 | Global Number of Refineries | | 9,233,504,280 | kg CO2 eq | | 2,007,284 | total number of equivalent cars globally  | To return to the industries summary table [click here](https://betterworld.solutions/examples/evidence.html#evidence-table) # **Steam loss is a major problem in Refineries** A leading refinery in the UK was having trouble with seal leakage from existing carbon box technology on their 150#, 600# steam turbines. Based on prior experience the refinery approached AESSEAL® for an alternative solution.       ![](https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/q6jhj629wj/swatch)           ![Video Thumbnail](https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/q6jhj629wj/swatch) ![Video Thumbnail](https://embed-ssl.wistia.com/deliveries/1235b3c500f9bcabd314874d26bde4c24dfa3965.webp?image_crop_resized=1280x720)                             0:37   ![](https://embed-ssl.wistia.com/deliveries/51fcba7e1e7058ca1cb5b65b7f491337a49d997c.bin) 0:19                         # **Improving Reliability, Increasing Efficiency** Without Steam Turbine Seal ![](https://betterworld.solutions/hubfs/Betterworld/graphics/CH01446-without.png) With Steam Turbine Seal ![](https://betterworld.solutions/hubfs/Betterworld/graphics/CH01446-with.png) # Example Return On Investment | Steam Turbine Upgrade Example | LBS/HR | TONS/HR | | --- | --- | --- | | Retrofitting steam turbines with dry gas seals/labtecta | 200 | $0.12 | | Potential Savings per turbine per Annum | Costs | | --- | --- | | Steam Loss per year per ton per machine | $28.35 | | Cost of 150# steam - ton per year per machine | $1,051.20 | | Cost of Steam loss per Turbine | $29,801.52 | | Manual drain off of lube oil per year per machine | $4,200.00 | | Total Savings per turbine / 100 turbines |   | | --- | --- | | Savings per year per machine | $34,001.52 | | 100 machines | $3,400,152.00 | | Reliability conversion per turbine |   | | --- | --- | | 2 STS Dry Gas Seals | $13,000.00 | | 3 LabTecta ST Bearing Isolator Seals | $2,000.00 | |   | $15,000.00 | | Return On Investment  |   | | --- | --- | | **Return on Investment per machine upgrade** |  5.28** months** | | 4 Year Reliability Initiative (25 turbines per year) |   | | --- | --- | | Target 25 steam turbine upgrades per year | $375,000.00 | | Four year refinery upgrade cost | $1,500,000.00 | | **Total four year cummulative cost saving** | **$4,000,300.00** | ##### **Improving reliability, increasing efficiency** ![](https://betterworld.solutions/hubfs/Betterworld/case-studies/CH01446_Page_1.webp) - Water savings - Reference: CH01446 - Savings: £2,250,000 per annum - ROI: 5.28 months [Download Case Study](https://static.aesseal.com/cases/CH01446.pdf) ### **Explore** If enough businesses act, together we can slow down or help to prevent Global Warming. 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