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Aquaboss® - lowest running costs
A typical dialysis centre with 35 beds and a conventional ring main has a total of 37 sample points (35 beds and a flow and return sample point of the ring main).
The same dialysis centre, equipped with an aquaboss dead space free ring main, has only 2 sample points, due to the dead space free construction. These sample points are at the flow and return of the ring main.
The following example shows the savings with the Aquaboss® concept:
37 sampling points (conventional)
x 2 (analysis: CFU and EU)
x 12 (months/year)
x Euro 50 (average price/analysis)
= Euro 44.400 total price/analysis costs/year.
2 sampling points (Lauer)
x 2 (analysis: CFU and EU)
x 12 (months/year)
x Euro 50 (average price/analysis)
= Euro 2.400 total price/analysis costs/year.
= SAVING Euro 42.000 analysis costs/year
Hot disinfecion
| Potable Water | Amounting to 600 ml/min for 30 min (= 20 l permeate/day) at every HD machine. It is an additional consumption of approx. 40 l/day/HD machine of potable water. |
| 25 beds * 40 l/day * 6 days * 52 weeks * 10 years = 3’120’000 l/10 years3’120’000 l/1000 l = 3’120 m3 * 5 €/m3Saving = 15’600 €/10 years |
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| Energy | 4.18 kJ/°C are required to heat 1 litre of water about 1°C. Heating from 10°C to 90°C requires 4.18 * 80 = 335 kJ/l 3600 kJ = 1 kWh (J=Joule, W=Watt) |
| 25 beds * 20 l/day * 335 kJ/l * 1/3600 * 6 days * 52 weeks * 10 years = 145’167 kWh/10 years145’167 kWh * 0.15 €/kWhSaving = 21’775 €/10 years |
