Ray Nkonyeni Cement Plant

Ray Nkonyeni Cement Plant is a cement plant in South Africa with a reported capacity of 1,480,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Natal Portland Cement Company Pty Ltd. By capacity it ranks #4 of 13 cement plants tracked in South Africa. It emits about 630,424 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 146,952 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 18% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32439415.

文脈内で：この施設がどのように比較されるか

1,480,000 t of cementで、Ray Nkonyeni Cement PlantはSouth Africaのcement plantの中央値約 1,200,000 t of cementです。 容量あたりのCO₂は、cement plantの中央値上約28%です。 サブセクター：cement。 cement plantとして、その中核的な産業操業に対して激しいプロセス熱（通常800–1400°C）が必要です。この熱はボイラー、炉、または直接燃焼によって供給される必要があり、未断熱容器および配管からの損失は無駄な燃料を表します。モジュール式脱着可能な断熱は、これらの損失を80～96%削減でき、表面を≤45°Cに冷却でき、回収期間は通常2年未満です。 セメント工場は回転キルンでセメント石を1,400°Cに加熱します。最も高温の産業プロセスの1つであり、キルン全体の温度を正確に制御する必要があります。

容量およびCO₂強度の比較はClimate TRACEの産業施設データから計算されました。セクターの役割は工学リファレンスに基づいています。

What 630,424 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 South Africa

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

Operator

Operated by Natal Portland Cement Company Pty Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Ray Nkonyeni Cement Plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.7°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #4 largest of 13 cement plants in South Africa by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Engen Durban Refinery · Refinery
• SAPREF Durban Refinery · Refinery
• Vimal Clothing Enterprise Cc · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -30.67523, 30.34639. View on OpenStreetMap.

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