System Sizing Calculator

N.B. OLER LLC

Size your hydrocarbon system

Enter the finished extract you want to sell each month. The calculator works back to runs per month, how hard each platform has to work, and how much material you need to source. Every number is editable.

Your production

Start with the target. The defaults are typical, change them to match your plan.

Extra headroom so the system you buy still fits in two years.
The rest is run as cured or dried material.
Six runs in an eight-hour day is typical. Experienced crews run up to ten.
Yields and system capacity
Share of crude that ends up as sellable finished product.
20 LB system, 2 columns, kg per run
40 LB Double Barrel, 4 columns, kg per run

20 LB System

2 columns. 9.1 kg dry or 16.3 kg fresh frozen per run

Runs needed per month
Runs available per month
Monthly ceiling, finished

40 LB Double Barrel

4 columns. 18.1 kg dry or 32.7 kg fresh frozen per run

Runs needed per month
Runs available per month
Monthly ceiling, finished

What you need to source

Material demand is the same whichever system you run. It is often the real limit.

Per month Fresh frozen Cured Total
Finished target incl. cushion
Crude extract needed
Input material, kg
Input material per production day, kg

Cooling with liquid CO2: what it consumes

If you cool with liquid CO2, it becomes a monthly bill tied directly to run count. A recirculating chiller trades that bill for a larger upfront purchase. Use your local CO2 price to see what the ongoing side looks like at the run count above.

About 78 L per run is the average from one operation's log of 714 runs over 62 days.
Set as twice the 20 LB figure, one barrel per side. Confirm with us for your layout.
Include delivery, dewar rental and hazmat fees. Enter it in whatever currency you pay in.
At your required run count 20 LB 40 LB
Runs per month
Liquid CO2 per month, L
Cost per run
Cost per month
Cost per year

Liquid CO2 supply interruptions stop production outright, and that lost time is not counted here. A chiller comparison, with equipment and installation costs for your site, is part of the project budget we build for every quote.

Planning figures only. Yields depend on your material, and recovery depends on your post-processing. The 70% line on each bar marks the comfortable ceiling we size to, which leaves room for cleaning, maintenance and bad days.