Vac Cement Plant

Vac Cement Plant is a cement plant in Hungary with a reported capacity of 800,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Duna Drava Cement Kft. By capacity it ranks #4 of 4 cement plants tracked in Hungary. It emits about 397,227 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 92,594 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 38% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438491.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 800,000 t of cement, Vac Cement Plant é abaixo de a mediana de cement plant em Hungary (1,400,000 t of cement). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 9% abaixo de a mediana de cement plant. Subsetor: cement. Como cement plant, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 800–1400°C) para suas operações industriais centrais — calor que deve ser fornecido por caldeiras, fornos ou combustão direta, e as perdas através de vasos e tubulações não isolados representam combustível desperdiçado. O isolamento modular removível pode reduzir essas perdas em 80–96%, esfriando superfícies a ≤45°C, com payback geralmente inferior a 2 anos. As cimenteiras aquecem calcário a 1.400°C em fornos rotativos — um dos processos industriais mais quentes — e devem controlar a temperatura com precisão em todo o comprimento do forno.

Comparação de capacidade e intensidade de CO₂ calculada a partir dos dados de instalações industriais Climate TRACE; função do setor baseada em referência de engenharia.

What 397,227 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 Hungary

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

Operator

Operated by Duna Drava Cement Kft. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Vac Cement Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 46.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #4 largest of 4 cement plants in Hungary by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Kometa 99 Zrt. · Food & Beverage · 263,043 t CO₂
• Carmeuse Hungária Kft. · Lime Plant · 107,754 t CO₂
• Drava Paper Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 11,498 t CO₂
• Šećerana · Food & Beverage · 117,218 t CO₂
• Nasice Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 282,314 t CO₂
• Tvornica Šećera Osijek D.O.O · Food & Beverage · 117,218 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 46.01598, 17.98389. View on OpenStreetMap.

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