Carbon Capture & CO₂ Compression Equipment calculator
Downtime Cost Calculator
Estimate cost exposure from capture, compression, drying, or injection downtime using unavailable hours, lost value per hour, affected scope, and restart costs. Quantity times rate times capture factor, plus a fixed adjustment, builds a defensible weighted cost.
What this calculator does
- Estimate cost exposure from capture, compression, drying, or injection downtime using unavailable hours, lost value per hour, affected scope, and restart costs.
- Use it when downtime cost in carbon capture and co₂ compression equipment is being put through a carbon capture and co₂ compression equipment weighted-cost review.
- Turns co₂ system downtime, lost value per downtime hour, affected capture scope into a weighted cost for downtime cost in carbon capture and co₂ compression equipment.
Formula used
- Variable downtime cost = CO₂ system downtime × lost value per downtime hour × affected capture scope
- Total downtime cost = variable downtime cost + fixed restart and recovery cost
Inputs explained
- CO₂ system downtime: Enter unavailable hours for the capture train, blower, compressor, dryer, pipeline tie-in, or storage interface.
- Lost value per downtime hour: Use lost credit revenue, emissions penalty exposure, production derate, standby cost, or service-level cost per hour.
- Affected capture scope: Use the portion of site capture, compression, or delivery capacity affected by the outage.
- Fixed restart and recovery cost: Add purge, restart labor, maintenance callout, testing, venting, or customer recovery cost.
How to use the result
- Use it when downtime cost in carbon capture and co₂ compression equipment is being scored for capture or weighted cost.
- Risk-adjustments and discount rates are not in the formula; layer them on top for capital reviews.
Common questions
- What problem does this downtime cost calculator solve? Estimate cost exposure from capture, compression, drying, or injection downtime using unavailable hours, lost value per hour, affected scope, and restart costs. You get a weighted cost you can defend before quoting, scheduling, or sign-off.
- Which inputs change the weighted cost the most? co₂ system downtime, lost value per downtime hour, affected capture scope usually move the weighted cost most. Pull from measured carbon capture and co₂ compression equipment runs, supplier data, and recent quotes rather than memory.
- How should I act on the output? Use the weighted cost in the carbon capture and co₂ compression equipment business case or quote build-up.
- What should I double-check before acting? Confirm the capture factor is honest; over-stated capture is the most common reason these models miss.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.