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Baluch Ab Cement Plant

Cement Plant in Iran. Approximate location 30.15657, 60.7358.

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Baluch Ab Cement Plant is a cement plant in Iran 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 Zabol Cement Industries Co. By capacity it ranks #48 of 69 cement plants tracked in Iran. It emits about 390,545 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 91,036 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 8% above the median cement plant.

1,000,000t of cement
390,545t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#97CO₂ rank in Iran
0.39t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897226.

W kontekście: jak ta instalacja się porównuje

Przy 1,000,000 t of cement, Baluch Ab Cement Plant jest około medianę cement plant w Iran (1,200,000 t of cement). Jego CO₂ na jednostkę pojemności wynosi w przybliżeniu 8% poniżej medianę cement plant. Podsektor: cement. Jako cement plant, wymaga intensywnego ciepła procesowego (typowo 800–1400°C) do swoich głównych operacji przemysłowych — ciepła, które musi być dostarczane przez kotły, piece lub spalanie bezpośrednie, a straty przez nieisolowane zbiorniki i rury stanowią zmarnowane paliwo. Modułowa izolacja demontowalna może zmniejszyć te straty o 80–96%, chłodząc powierzchnie do ≤45°C, z zwrotem inwestycji często poniżej 2 lat. Cementownie ogrzewają wapień do 1.400°C w piecach obracających się — jeden z najgorętszych procesów przemysłowych — i muszą precyzyjnie kontrolować temperaturę na całej długości pieca.

Porównanie pojemności i intensywności CO₂ obliczane na podstawie danych instalacji przemysłowych Climate TRACE; rola sektora oparta na odniesieniau inżynierskim.

What 390,545 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

91,036cars driven for a year
50,932homes' annual energy use
6,509,083tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest cement plants in Iran

Tehran Cement Plant: 5,208,333 t of cement5.2MTehran Cem…Diziche Cement Plant: 4,000,000 t of cement4.0MDiziche Ce…Seyyedabad Cement Plant: 3,157,895 t of cement3.2MSeyyedabad…Abyek Cement Plant: 3,100,000 t of cement3.1MAbyek Ceme…Poli Kan Cement Plant: 3,060,000 t of cement3.1MPoli Kan C…Ghaen Cement Plant: 2,900,000 t of cement2.9MGhaen Ceme…Tonbak Cement Plant: 2,760,000 t of cement2.8MTonbak Cem…Qomishe-ye mirqāsem Cement Plant: 2,736,842 t of cement2.7MQomishe-ye…

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

Operator

Operated by Zabol Cement Industries Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Baluch Ab Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 30.2°N in the northern hemisphere.

~24°Ctypical annual mean
~34°Ctypical warm-season
Hot desert: hot summers and mild winters

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #48 largest of 69 cement plants in Iran by reported capacity.

Location

Coordinates 30.15657, 60.7358. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A cement plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: rotary kiln shell, preheater tower, tertiary air duct & kiln hood, clinker-cooler ducts, valves (surface/process temperatures around 200–1,000 °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.

60% of cement CO2 is process calcination - NOT insulation-addressable; energy here is the fuel side only.

Indicative recoverable energy

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 9,800 MWh/yr (≈ 3,300 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.

Safety & the no-regret first step

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.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Baluch Ab Cement Plant?

Baluch Ab Cement Plant is a cement plant in Iran. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.

What is the capacity of Baluch Ab Cement Plant?

Baluch Ab Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does Baluch Ab Cement Plant emit?

Baluch Ab Cement Plant emits about 390,545 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 91,036 cars. That ranks #97 among tracked facilities in Iran.

Where is Baluch Ab Cement Plant located?

Baluch Ab Cement Plant is in Iran, near coordinates 30.15657, 60.7358.

Who operates Baluch Ab Cement Plant?

Baluch Ab Cement Plant is operated by Zabol Cement Industries Co.

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