Lime Plant in United States. Approximate location 47.76444, -96.6325.
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American Crystal Sugar - Crookston is a lime plant in United States with a reported capacity of 173,514 t of lime. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns. By capacity it ranks #88 of 122 lime plants tracked in United States. It emits about 215,077 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 50,134 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 88% above the median lime plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38467342.
Con 173,514 t of lime, American Crystal Sugar - Crookston è attorno a la mediana di lime plant in United States (178,599 t of lime). Sottosettore: lime. Come lime plant, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 600–900°C) per le sue operazioni industriali essenziali — calore che deve essere fornito da caldaie, forni o combustione diretta, e le perdite attraverso recipienti e tubazioni non isolati rappresentano carburante sprecato. L'isolamento modulare removibile può ridurre queste perdite dell'80–96%, raffreddando superfici a ≤45°C, con payback spesso inferiore a 2 anni. Gli impianti di calce calcinano il calcare in forni caldi a 800–900°C, e la calce viva calda deve essere maneggiata in recipienti isolati per prevenire la reazione con l'umidità.
Confronto di capacità e intensità di CO₂ calcolato dai dati delle strutture industriali Climate TRACE; ruolo del settore basato su riferimento ingegneristico.
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 - Crookston sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 47.8°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #88 largest of 122 lime plants in United States by reported capacity.
Coordinates 47.76444, -96.6325. 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 7,700 MWh/yr (≈ 2,600 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 - Crookston is a lime plant in United States. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns.
American Crystal Sugar - Crookston has a reported capacity of 173,514 t of lime.
American Crystal Sugar - Crookston emits about 215,077 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 50,134 cars. That ranks #477 among tracked facilities in United States.
American Crystal Sugar - Crookston is in United States, near coordinates 47.76444, -96.6325.
