Arghakhanchi Rupandehi Cement Plant

Arghakhanchi Rupandehi Cement Plant is a cement plant in Nepal with a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Arghakhanchi Cement Ltd. By capacity it ranks #8 of 24 cement plants tracked in Nepal. It emits about 464,238 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 108,214 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 29% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438964.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 1,000,000 t of cement, Arghakhanchi Rupandehi Cement Plant è ben al di sopra di la mediana di cement plant in Nepal (730,000 t of cement). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 17% al di sopra di la mediana di cement plant. Sottosettore: cement. Come cement plant, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 800–1400°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. Le cementerie riscaldano il calcare a 1.400°C in forni rotativi — uno dei processi industriali più caldi — e devono controllare la temperatura con precisione lungo l'intera lunghezza del forno.

Confronto di capacità e intensità di CO₂ calcolato dai dati delle strutture industriali Climate TRACE; ruolo del settore basato su riferimento ingegneristico.

What 464,238 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 Nepal

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

Operator

Operated by Arghakhanchi Cement Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Arghakhanchi Rupandehi Cement Plant sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 27.5°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #8 largest of 24 cement plants in Nepal by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Reliance Cement Bhairahawa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 72,293 t CO₂
• Palpa Cement Sunwal Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 318,089 t CO₂
• Sarbottam Cement Sunwal Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 443,757 t CO₂
• Chitwan Cement Bharatpur Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 10,806 t CO₂
• CG Cement Palpa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 594,189 t CO₂
• Hongshi Shivam Cement Sardi Bagaicha Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 922,187 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 27.5338, 83.41027. View on OpenStreetMap.

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