Fours À Chaux De Sorcy

Fours À Chaux De Sorcy is a lime plant in France with a reported capacity of 637,243 t of lime. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns. By capacity it ranks #3 of 12 lime plants tracked in France. It emits about 341,882 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 79,693 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 19% below the median lime plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38467386.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 637,243 t of lime, Fours À Chaux De Sorcy está muy por encima de la mediana de lime plant en France (499,678 t of lime). Subsector: lime. Como lime plant, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 600–900°C) para sus operaciones industriales centrales — calor que debe ser suministrado por calderas, hornos o combustión directa, y las pérdidas a través de recipientes y tuberías sin aislar representan combustible desperdiciado. El aislamiento modular desmontable puede reducir esas pérdidas en un 80–96%, enfriando superficies a ≤45°C, con amortización a menudo inferior a 2 años. Las plantas de cal calcinan piedra caliza en hornos calientes a 800–900°C, y la cal viva caliente debe manejarse en recipientes aislados para prevenir reacción con la humedad.

Comparación de capacidad e intensidad de CO₂ calculada a partir de datos de instalaciones industriales de Climate TRACE; papel del sector basado en referencia de ingeniería.

What 341,882 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 lime plants in France

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

Local climate

Fours À Chaux De Sorcy sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 48.7°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 #3 largest of 12 lime plants in France by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Riva Sam Neuves-Maisons steel plant · Steel Plant · 32,832 t CO₂
• Xeuilley Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 356,571 t CO₂
• Novacarb Chemical Plant · Chemical Plant · 231,818 t CO₂
• Carrières Et Fours À Chaux De Dugny · Lime Plant · 284,882 t CO₂
• Dombasle-sur-Meurthe Soda Ash Plant · Chemical Plant · 193,182 t CO₂
• Bg · Food & Beverage · 36,510 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 48.71, 5.66. View on OpenStreetMap.

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