Lime Plant in France. Approximate location 43.38, 5.14.
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Chaux De Provence Sacam is a lime plant in France with a reported capacity of 353,194 t of lime. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns. By capacity it ranks #9 of 12 lime plants tracked in France. It emits about 193,379 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 45,077 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 17% below the median lime plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38467389.
Przy 353,194 t of lime, Chaux De Provence Sacam jest poniżej medianę lime plant w France (499,678 t of lime). Podsektor: lime. Jako lime plant, wymaga intensywnego ciepła procesowego (typowo 600–900°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. Huty wapienne kalcynują wapień w gorących piecach w temperaturze 800–900°C, a gorący wapień żywy musi być obsługiwany w izolowanych zbiornikach, aby uniknąć reaktywności z wilgocią.
Porównanie pojemności i intensywności CO₂ obliczane na podstawie danych instalacji przemysłowych Climate TRACE; rola sektora oparta na odniesieniau inżynierskim.
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).
Chaux De Provence Sacam sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 43.4°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #9 largest of 12 lime plants in France by reported capacity.
Coordinates 43.38, 5.14. 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 7,100 MWh/yr (≈ 2,400 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. Energy-savings certificate premiums for efficiency works; 6th period from 1 Jan 2026 (+35% obligation, 1050 TWhc/yr).
Obligation. Now CONSUMPTION-based: if avg annual final energy >2.75 GWh over 3 yrs, mandatory regulatory energy audit; first audit for newly-covered sites by 11 Oct 2026. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we don't hold this site's metered energy use).
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Chaux De Provence Sacam is a lime plant in France. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns.
Chaux De Provence Sacam has a reported capacity of 353,194 t of lime.
Chaux De Provence Sacam emits about 193,379 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 45,077 cars. That ranks #60 among tracked facilities in France.
Chaux De Provence Sacam is in France, near coordinates 43.38, 5.14.
