Cost Per Pound of Water Removed Calculator
The number that decides whether a freeze drying line makes money is what it costs you to remove one pound of water. Enter your own batch and utility numbers — the calculator returns your water load and your cost per pound. Nothing here is a Sublidyne performance figure: it is your arithmetic, shown honestly. The math is explained line-by-line in the cost per pound guide.
Your batch
Your run costs, per cycle
Your numbers
Water removed per batch: —
Total cost per cycle: —
Your cost per pound of water removed: —
Enter your numbers and calculate. The water-load math: dry solids = batch × (1 − starting moisture); finished weight = dry solids ÷ (1 − final moisture); water removed = batch − finished weight.
Don't know your energy per cycle yet?
Start with the sizing calculator to get your water load and size class, then request a quote — sizing conversations are where the real per-cycle numbers for your product get established. We publish the instrument, not a number: what it costs depends on your product, your utility rates and your practice, which is exactly why this page asks for yours.