Nordkalk / Köping

Nordkalk / Köping is a lime plant in Sweden with a reported capacity of 1,207,331 t of lime. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns. It emits about 227,931 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 53,131 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 71% below the median lime plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38467393.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 1,207,331 t of lime, Nordkalk / Köping está alrededor de la mediana de lime plant en Sweden (1,207,331 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 227,931 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.

Local climate

Nordkalk / Köping sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 59.5°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Outokumpu Avesta steel plant · Steel Plant · 45,577 t CO₂
• Wasa Sweden Ab Boras · Textiles · 1,624 t CO₂
• SSAB Oxelösund steel plant · Steel Plant · 2,006,276 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 59.49812, 16.02848. View on OpenStreetMap.

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