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We understand your businessEnergy moves the world As approximately 80% of the cost associated with pumps is the energy to run them is it any wonder our customer’s are focussing upon life cycle cost of equipment. At KSB we have advocated this approach for many years and is part of our objective to reduce energy thus minimising the impact upon the environment.
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Saving money doesn’t have to involve new technology or more capital costs simply selecting your products correctly and or trimming impellers to duty you can realise savings as the simple example shows.
Simple example of affects on life cycle costs.
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If we take two identical pumps selected against a duty.
| | | | Pump 1
| Pump 2
| | No modification
| Trimmed Impeller
| Motor Size:
| 15 kW
| 15 kW
| Impeller size:
| 169 mm
| 161 mm
| Position against duty:
| above duty point
| at duty piont
| Availability:
| 95 %
| 95 %
| Life of product:
| 10 years
| 10 years
| Initial capital cost:
| £ 1,450
| £ 1,450
| Electricity costs
| 3.9 p/kWh
| 3.9 p/kWh
| Absorbed Power
| 11.7 kW
| 10.6 kW
| Cost / annum to run pump
| £ 3797
| £ 3440
| Savings / annum
| nil
| 357
| Life Cost savings:
| nil
| 3570
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Assumptions: As we are discussing the same product the installation costs, maintenance costs, down time costs, environmental costs etc. can be assumed to be equal and can be ignored in this comparison.
If this simple action can save you money how much more could we save you with all the innovation of KSB.
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