Lime Plant in United States. Approximate location 32.24639, -97.55083.
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Texas Lime Company is a lime plant in United States with a reported capacity of 375,673 t of lime. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns. By capacity it ranks #19 of 122 lime plants tracked in United States. It emits about 463,543 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 108,052 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 87% above the median lime plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38468912.
375,673 t of limeで、Texas Lime CompanyはUnited Statesのlime plantの中央値はるかに上 178,599 t of limeです。 サブセクター：lime。 lime 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600–900°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。 石灰工場は800～900°Cの高温キルンでセメント石を焙焼し、高温の生石灰は、水分との反応を防ぐために断熱容器で取り扱う必要があります。
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。
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).
Texas Lime Company sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 32.2°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #19 largest of 122 lime plants in United States by reported capacity.
Coordinates 32.24639, -97.55083. 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 9,000 MWh/yr (≈ 3,100 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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Texas Lime Company is a lime plant in United States. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns.
Texas Lime Company has a reported capacity of 375,673 t of lime.
Texas Lime Company emits about 463,543 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 108,052 cars. That ranks #269 among tracked facilities in United States.
Texas Lime Company is in United States, near coordinates 32.24639, -97.55083.
