Lime Plant in United States. Approximate location 40.38589, -80.62056.
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Mississippi Lime Co. Weirton is a lime plant in United States with a reported capacity of 178,599 t of lime. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns. By capacity it ranks #61 of 122 lime plants tracked in United States. It emits about 220,597 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 51,421 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 88% above the median lime plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38468913.
Przy 178,599 t of lime, Mississippi Lime Co. Weirton jest około medianę lime plant w United States (178,599 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).
Mississippi Lime Co. Weirton sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 40.4°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #61 largest of 122 lime plants in United States by reported capacity.
Coordinates 40.38589, -80.62056. 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 7,800 MWh/yr (≈ 2,600 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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Mississippi Lime Co. Weirton is a lime plant in United States. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns.
Mississippi Lime Co. Weirton has a reported capacity of 178,599 t of lime.
Mississippi Lime Co. Weirton emits about 220,597 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 51,421 cars. That ranks #459 among tracked facilities in United States.
Mississippi Lime Co. Weirton is in United States, near coordinates 40.38589, -80.62056.
