Carbon Capture & CO₂ Compression Equipment worked example
Downtime Cost at 92% affected capture capacity share: a worked example in carbon capture & co₂ compression equipment
This scenario runs the downtime cost calculation on the strong side: 92% affected capture capacity share, with every other input held at its documented default. 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.
The inputs for this scenario
- CO₂ compressor downtime duration: 100 hr (unchanged)
- Lost capture value per downtime hour: 45 $ / hr (unchanged)
- Affected capture capacity share: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
- Fixed restart and recovery cost: 250 $ (unchanged)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Variable downtime cost = CO₂ system downtime × lost value per downtime hour × affected capture scope) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 4,390 $ for total downtime cost, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 43.9 $ / piece for downtime cost per hour.
- At this operating point the engine returns 4,140 $ for variable downtime cost.
- At this operating point the engine returns 250 $ for fixed restart and recovery cost.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where affected capture capacity share sits at 80% and the headline result is 3,850 $, this scenario comes in 14.03% above the baseline at 4,390 $.
- Use it after or before an outage to value lost production, build a business case for redundancy, or compare the cost of a planned versus unplanned stop. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.
Results at a glance
- Total downtime cost: 4,390 $ (headline result)
- Downtime cost per hour: 43.9 $ / piece
- Variable downtime cost: 4,140 $
- Fixed restart and recovery cost: 250 $
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Downtime Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.