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Uranium 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  
90 Total Number of Rotating Equipment Per Site
75% Proportion Pumps
67.5 Total Number of Pumps Per Site
90% Utilisation
7,884 Utilisation Hours Per Year Per Pump
532,170 Total Pump Utilisation Hours Per Year Per Site
   
Calculate Pump Seal Energy Saving Usage #1  
20% % Plan 32's
14 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
17,242,308 kWh per site
4,655,423 kg CO2 eq per site
1,012 cars per site
   
Calculate Pump Seal Energy Saving Usage #2  
10% % Plan 21's
7 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
2,128,680 kWh per site
574,744 kg CO2 eq per site
125 cars per site
   
Calculate Total Energy Savings Per Site  
19,370,988 kWh per site
5,230,167 kg CO2 eq per site
1,137 total number of equivalent cars saving per site
   
Scale Up For Global Usage  
294 global number of sites
5,695,070,472 kWh
1,537,669,027 kg CO2 eq
334,276 total number of equivalent cars globally

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Uranium Mine (Dewatering) Case Study

Huge water savings for uranium mine

  • Water savings

  • Reference: ROI-2020-096
  • MTBF: 600% (and counting)
  • Savings: N$1,696,464 per month

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