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KSB has been saving customers money since the 1870s. And today, every new pump and valve will do just the same for you. Technical innovations, design, material and quality all combine to keep them running and running and ... efficiently running. So contact KSB, and cash in on life cycle costs others only wish they could match.

Here an example for possible improvements of boiler feed pumps from a Utility Power Plant

Assumptions made for a life cycle cost review of two pump types


Power plant unit output
800 MW
800 MW
Data per pump
(2 x 50%-pumps)
Pump type 1
(special measures taken to improve availability)
Pump type 2
(standard)
Capital expenditure
Pump + Periphery
€ 700,000
(20% extra costs incurred for special measures)

€ 600,000
Drive rating per pump
16 MW
16 MW
Service incl. spare parts
€ 50,000
€ 50,000
Additional repairs
-
€ 25,000
Efficiency improvement
+4.4 percentage points
-
Total operating hours required
120,000 h
120,000 h
Availability
99.8%
98.5%
Selling price of electricity
5.6 cent / kWh
5.6 cent / kWh
Price of electricity for internal use
1.5 cent / kWh
1.5 cent / kWh

Life cycle costs for 15 years (in million €) (for both pumps installed in the unit):

Initial investment, Service, Repair (enlarged)
 
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