Chettinad Cement Ariyalur Cement Plant

Chettinad Cement Ariyalur Cement Plant is a cement plant in India with a reported capacity of 5,500,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Chettinad Cement Corporation Pvt Ltd. By capacity it ranks #18 of 160 cement plants tracked in India. It emits about 2,108,688 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 491,536 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 6% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1896924.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 5,500,000 t of cement ist Chettinad Cement Ariyalur Cement Plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von cement plant in India (2,500,000 t of cement). Untersektor: cement. Als cement plant benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 800–1400°C) für seinen Kernbetrieb — Wärme, die durch Dampfkessel, Öfen oder direkte Verbrennung geliefert werden muss, und Verluste durch ungedämmte Behälter und Rohrleitungen stellen verschwendeten Brennstoff dar. Modulare abnehmbare Dämmung kann diese Verluste um 80–96% senken, Oberflächen auf ≤45°C kühlen, mit Amortisationszeiten oft unter 2 Jahren. Zementanlagen erhitzen Kalkstein auf 1.400°C in Drehrohröfen — einer der heißesten Industrieprozesse — und müssen die Temperatur über die gesamte Ofenlänge präzise kontrollieren.

Vergleich von Kapazität und CO₂-Intensität berechnet aus Climate TRACE Industrieanlagendaten; Sektorrolle basierend auf Ingenieurreferenz.

What 2,108,688 t CO₂e a year looks like

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.

Capacity vs largest cement plants in India

Reported capacity (t of cement), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Chettinad Cement Corporation Pvt Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Chettinad Cement Ariyalur Cement Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 11.1°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #18 largest of 160 cement plants in India by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• UltraTech Reddipalayam Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 696,658 t CO₂
• Ramco Cements Ariyalur Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,666,876 t CO₂
• Jeppiaar Alathur Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 73,531 t CO₂
• Dalmia Cement Dalmiapuram Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 700,883 t CO₂
• India Cements Alathiyur Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,583,661 t CO₂
• Dhandapani Thathamangalam Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 127,145 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 11.05805, 79.06346. View on OpenStreetMap.

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