The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill

The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in India with a reported capacity of 67,000 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. By capacity it ranks #1 of 12 pulp & paper mills tracked in India. It emits about 36,208 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 8,440 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375570.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 67,000 t of pulp & paper, The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill está alrededor de la mediana de pulp & paper mill en India (67,000 t of pulp & paper). Subsector: pulp-and-paper. Como pulp & paper mill, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 150–250°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 celulosa y papel generan su propio vapor para el proceso de pulpado y secadores de papel, operando grandes sistemas de calderas donde la pérdida de calor reduce directamente la eficiencia.

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 36,208 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 pulp & paper mills in India

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

Local climate

The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 10.1°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 #1 largest of 12 pulp & paper mills in India by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Kitex Ltd (Garment Division) · Textiles · 913 t CO₂
• Ernakulam District · Aluminium Smelter · 4,311 t CO₂
• Baird Mcnutt India · Textiles · 913 t CO₂
• BPCL Kochi Refinery · Refinery · 3,469,260 t CO₂
• Travancore Cocotuft (P) Ltd · Textiles · 913 t CO₂
• Fibre World · Textiles · 913 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 10.12961, 76.46108. View on OpenStreetMap.

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