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.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 1,207,331 t of lime, Nordkalk / Köping è attorno a la mediana di lime plant in Sweden (1,207,331 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.

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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