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Stainless Steel Eiffel Tower Project - LCC App Entry Data Life Cycle Costing Input

Mild Steel

Utility Ferritic Stainless Steel (e.g. 3CR12)

Lean Duplex Stainless Steel (e.g. LDX 2101)

Rates & Duration

Cost of Capital pa

2%

2%

2%

Inflation Rate pa

1%

1%

1%

Desired Duration (years)

100

100

100

Downtime per Maintenance Event (days)

0

0

0

Value of lost production (amount per day)

0

0

0

7 300 t @ $600/t

7 300 t @ $1 475/t

5 475 t @ $2 575/t

$4 380 000

$10 767 500

$14 098 125

1.25 x Material Cost

1.25 x Material Cost

1.25 x Material Cost

$5 475 000

$13 459 375

$17 622 656

Painting

Cleaning (0.3 x painting costs)

Cleaning (0.3 x painting costs)

$4 073 376

$1 222 013

$1 222 013

Painting

None

Cleaning (0.3 x painting costs)

$4 073 376

$0

$1 222 013

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N/A

20

Scrapped After 100 years

Scrapped After 100 years

Scrapped After 100 years

Material Cost Initial Costs

Fabrication Cost

Other Installation Costs Maintenance Costs Cost Per Event Time Between Maintenance Events (years) Operating Costs

Replacement Costs Elapsed Time Between Replacement (years) Removal Cost Per Event

100

100

100

$1 000 000

$1 000 000

$1 000 000

Material + Installation Cost Per Event Residual Mass of Material Per Event

$0

$0

$0

7 300 t @ $200/t

7 300 t @ $300/t

5 475 t @ $700/t

$1 460 000

$2 190 000

$3 832 500

$0

$0

$0

Annual Material Related Cost

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To enter the competition all you have to do is download the Sassda Life Cycle Costing (LCC) App. Then use the LCC App and the information in the table above to calculate the total cost of building

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and maintaining the Eiffel Tower. Compare the cost of a mild steel Eiffel Tower to either a 3CR12 or LDX 2101 stainless steel Eiffel Tower.

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This 200 kW load test rig has been developed in response to demand from local industry for absolute reliability from new gearboxes

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DOWN 2

1. The formula p=m•v is used to calculate.

2. The SI Unit for Pascals (the derived unit to quantify internal pressure).

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3. The letter S in S=d/t is used to notate which scalar quantity?

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4. Formula for the volume of a cube.

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ACROSS 5. The equation stated by Émile Clapeyron in 1834 as a combination of the empirical Boyle’s law, Charles’ law and Avogadro’s Law commonly known as the ideal gas law.

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High purity quartz has a monocrystalline structure. As this structure is translucent, a laser beam diffuses inside the rock where it characteristically illuminates the core.

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International Lubricants Laboratory Lab book page:

2202Z120 Competitor A

Competitor B

Competitor C

Competitor D

Panel 1

2

15

12

2

Panel 2

2

15

12

9

Panel 1

<16

88

72

<16

Panel 2

<16

88

72

<16

3

6

2

3

Pass

Pass

Fail

A8TM D1748 Humidity Cabinet (Days until Fail)

A8TM B117 Salt Spray (Hours until Fail)

Acid Fume 4N HCI (Hours until Fail) Panel 1 MIL-C-22236A Stack Stain Test 24hrs @ 82ยบC (Pass or Fail) Neat

Gauteng 5% water contamination30 September 2016 MIL-C-18173E Water Displacement (Pass of Fail) 50:50 Paraffinic Oil Dilution

Fail

Free State Fail& Northern Cape Fail

Mpumalanga & 14 October 2016 5% water contamination Limpopo

Western Cape

Time to separation KwaZulu-Natal

Eastern n/a Cape

Fail

04 November 2016 Pass Pass

Fail

Pass

Pass

Fail

Pass

Pass

Fail

11 November 2016

LZ Water Separation, 25mL water, 75mL sample, 8 Inversions Water Layer @ 10 min

21 October 2016

21mL, clear

01:45 2016 01:50 18 November

n/a

25, clear

25, clear

21, clear w/film

Cuff @ 10 min

7mL

minimal

minimal

11

Organic Layer @ 10 min

72mL

75, hazy at bottom

75, hazy at bottom

68, Hazy

Due to solvent, A and D had water layer on top, organic on bottom A8TM D97 Pour Point (ยบC)

-3

<-57

<-57

-3

A8TM D446 Kinematic Viscosity @ 40ยบC (Centistokes)

1 124

1 213

1 333

2 192

A8TM D2783 Weld Point (kg)

160

160

160

126

34,54

19,75

24,85

31,61

Percentage Volatiles (% Sample remaining after 24 hours in fume hood, initial 2 grams)

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In a first for Veolia South Africa, the water treatment specialists designed and built four generator-powered potable water treatment plants, mounted on the back of 4X4 trucks.

Used for communities in Lesotho, each mobile water treatment plant has the capacity to treat 200 mÂł of river water to potable standards.

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On the Move Shulami Qalinge

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