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Pipeline Lifecycle Cost Analyser

Is your pipe sized for pressure, or for profit? Compare friction-loss energy and full lifecycle cost across pipe size options to find the optimum diameter for your project.

Project Inputs

Enter your pipeline parameters. All fields are required.

Pipe Length
Flow Rate
Pipe Material
Pipe Diameter / Class
Currency
ZAR → USD Rate
Friction Loss Energy Cost by Pipe Size

Annual electrical energy consumed due to friction loss — compared across one size smaller, your selection, and two sizes larger.

Power consumed assumes typical efficiencies of 75% (Pump), 95% (Motor) and 95% (Variable Speed Drive).

Friction Loss & Electrical Power — by Pipe Size
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See how CAPEX, maintenance, and 20-year discounted power costs compare across all four pipe sizes — and find the optimum diameter for your project.

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Full Lifecycle Cost Comparison

CAPEX, discounted power cost and maintenance over the analysis period, for each pipe size.

Lifecycle Analysis Parameters
Analysis Period (years)
Discount Rate (%/yr)
Power Escalation (%/yr)
Power Cost (per kWh)
Maintenance (% CAPEX/yr)
Operating Hours (per yr)
Want us to run the full design, not just the numbers?

This tool compares pipe sizes in isolation. A full design accounts for the whole system — pumpstation, mainline and infield — together.

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