Advanced Technical Ceramics worked example

Ceramic Compliance Test Load with compliance rig connected load of 24 kW: a worked example

Push compliance rig connected load up to 24 kW and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a quality engineer needs to estimate compliance test cost for a ceramic qualification lot

The inputs for this scenario

  • Compliance rig connected load: 24 kW (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 9.5)
  • Compliance test cycle runtime: 18 hr (unchanged)
  • Industrial electricity tariff: 0.14 $ / kWh (unchanged)
  • Ceramic coupons in the test batch: 24 samples (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Compliance test energy used = equipment load × test runtime) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 60.48 $ for compliance test energy cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 432 kWh for compliance test energy used.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 2.52 $ / part for energy cost per tested sample.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3.36 $ / hr for compliance test hourly energy cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where compliance rig connected load sits at 9.5 kW and the headline result is 23.94 $, this scenario comes in 153% above the baseline at 60.48 $.
  • It computes the electricity used and its cost for one compliance test cycle, then splits that cost across the ceramic samples tested. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Compliance test energy cost: 60.48 $ (headline result)
  • Compliance test energy used: 432 kWh
  • Energy cost per tested sample: 2.52 $ / part
  • Compliance test hourly energy cost: 3.36 $ / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Ceramic Compliance Test Load calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.