Lime Plant in United States. Approximate location 47.92583, -97.00611.
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American Crystal Sugar - E Grand Forks is a lime plant in United States with a reported capacity of 208,805 t of lime. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns. By capacity it ranks #38 of 122 lime plants tracked in United States. It emits about 260,133 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 60,637 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 89% above the median lime plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38467345.
عند 208,805 t of lime، يكون American Crystal Sugar - E Grand Forks حوالي متوسط lime plant في United States (178,599 t of lime). القطاع الفرعي: lime. كـ lime plant، يتطلب حرارة عملية مكثفة (عادة 600–900°C) لعملياته الصناعية الأساسية — حرارة يجب توفيرها بواسطة الغلايات أو الأفران أو الاحتراق المباشر، والخسائر من خلال الحاويات والأنابيب غير المعزولة تمثل وقود مهدر. يمكن للعزل المعياري القابل للإزالة أن يقلل هذه الخسائر بمقدار 80-96٪، وتبريد الأسطح إلى ≤45°C، مع فترة استرجاع غالباً أقل من سنتين. تقوم مصانع الحجر الجيري بحرق الحجر الجيري في أفران ساخنة عند 800-900°C، ويجب التعامل مع الحجر الجيري الحي الساخن في حاويات معزولة لمنع التفاعل مع الرطوبة.
مقارنة السعة وكثافة CO₂ محسوبة من بيانات منشآت Climate TRACE الصناعية؛ دور القطاع بناءً على مرجع الهندسة.
This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:
Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.
Reported capacity (t of lime), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
American Crystal Sugar - E Grand Forks sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 47.9°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #38 largest of 122 lime plants in United States by reported capacity.
Coordinates 47.92583, -97.00611. View on OpenStreetMap.
A lime plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: kiln, preheater, hot-gas ducting, valves & dampers (surface/process temperatures around 200–900 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.
calcination-heavy like cement; fuel side only.
On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 8,800 MWh/yr (≈ 3,000 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.
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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.
Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.
Funding. Investment tax credit up to 30% of qualified investment incl. industrial decarbonization; open to small/medium/large manufacturers.
Obligation. None at federal level (voluntary). Some states have their own programs. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we don't hold this site's metered energy use).
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American Crystal Sugar - E Grand Forks is a lime plant in United States. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns.
American Crystal Sugar - E Grand Forks has a reported capacity of 208,805 t of lime.
American Crystal Sugar - E Grand Forks emits about 260,133 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 60,637 cars. That ranks #401 among tracked facilities in United States.
American Crystal Sugar - E Grand Forks is in United States, near coordinates 47.92583, -97.00611.
