Lukala Cement Plant

Lukala Cement Plant is a cement plant in Congo, The Democratic Republic of the with a reported capacity of 360,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Cimenterie De Lukala SARL. By capacity it ranks #4 of 5 cement plants tracked in Congo, The Democratic Republic of the. It emits about 100,029 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 23,317 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 23% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438275.

В контексте: как это предприятие сравнивается

На мощности 360,000 t of cement Lukala Cement Plant — это ниже медианная cement plant в Congo, The Democratic Republic of the (1,090,000 t of cement). Его выброс CO₂ на единицу мощности примерно на 27% ниже медианной cement plant. Подсектор: cement. Как cement plant, оно требует высокотемпературного технологического тепла (обычно 800–1400°C) для основных промышленных операций — тепла, которое должно подаваться котлами, печами или прямым сжиганием, и потери через неизолированные сосуды и трубопроводы представляют потраченное впустую топливо. Съёмная модульная теплоизоляция может снизить эти потери на 80–96%, охладив поверхность оборудования до ≤45°C, с окупаемостью часто менее 2 лет. Цементные заводы нагревают известняк до 1400°C во вращающихся печах — один из самых горячих промышленных процессов — и должны точно контролировать температуру по всей длине печи.

Сравнение производительности и интенсивности CO₂ рассчитано на основе данных промышленных объектов Climate TRACE; роль сектора основана на инженерных справочниках.

What 100,029 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 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

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

Operator

Operated by Cimenterie De Lukala SARL. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Lukala Cement Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 5.5°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #4 largest of 5 cement plants in Congo, The Democratic Republic of the by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• PPC Barnet Kimpese Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 453,464 t CO₂
• Nyumba Ya Akiba Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 497,633 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -5.50905, 14.52598. View on OpenStreetMap.

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