Carbon Capture & CO₂ Compression Equipment worked example
CO₂ Leak Loss with co₂ leak or loss rate of 30 t CO₂ / hr: a worked example
Push co₂ leak or loss rate up to 30 t CO₂ / hr and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when co₂ leak loss in carbon capture and co₂ compression equipment is being quoted and consumables are a real chunk of the cost stack.
The inputs for this scenario
- CO₂ leak or loss rate: 30 t CO₂ / hr (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 12)
- Leak duration: 8 hr (unchanged)
- CO₂ value at risk: 3.5 $ / t CO₂ (unchanged)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (CO₂ lost = CO₂ leak or loss rate × leak duration) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 840 $ for co₂ leak loss value, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 240 units for co₂ lost.
- At this operating point the engine returns 8 hr for leak duration.
- At this operating point the engine returns 3.5 $ / unit for co₂ value at risk.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where co₂ leak or loss rate sits at 12 t CO₂ / hr and the headline result is 336 $, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 840 $.
- It computes the tonnes of CO2 lost during a leak and multiplies them by the CO2 value at risk to give the dollar exposure of the event. 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
- CO₂ leak loss value: 840 $ (headline result)
- CO₂ lost: 240 units
- Leak duration: 8 hr
- CO₂ value at risk: 3.5 $ / unit
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live CO₂ Leak Loss calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.