Kirchdorfer Cement Plant

Kirchdorfer Cement Plant is a cement plant in Austria with a reported capacity of 500,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Kirchdorfer Zementwerk Hofmann GmbH. By capacity it ranks #5 of 8 cement plants tracked in Austria. It emits about 149,882 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 34,938 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 17% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32437240.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

500,000 t of cement'de, Kirchdorfer Cement Plant Austria'daki cement plant'lerin medyanı yaklaşık 625,000 t of cement'dir. Kapasite başına CO₂'si cement plant'nin medyanı altında kabaca 10%'dir. Alt sektör: cement. cement plant olarak, temel endüstriyel işlemleri için yoğun proses ısısı (tipik olarak 800–1400°C) gerektirir — kazanlar, fırınlar veya doğrudan yanma ile sağlanması gereken ısı, ve izolasyon yapılmamış kaplar ve boruların kayıpları harcanan yakıtı temsil eder. Modüler çıkarılabilir yalıtım bu kayıpları %80–96 oranında azaltabilir, yüzeyleri ≤45°C'ye soğutabilir, geri ödeme süresi genellikle 2 yıldan azdır. Çimento fabrikaları kireci döner ocaklarda 1.400°C'ye ısıtır — en sıcak endüstriyel işlemlerden biridir — ve sıcaklığı fırının tüm uzunluğunda hassasiyetle kontrol etmelidir.

Kapasite ve CO₂ yoğunluğu karşılaştırması Climate TRACE endüstriyel tesis verilerinden hesaplanmıştır; sektör rolü mühendislik referansına dayanmaktadır.

What 149,882 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 Austria

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

Operator

Operated by Kirchdorfer Zementwerk Hofmann GmbH. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Kirchdorfer Cement Plant sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 47.9°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 #5 largest of 8 cement plants in Austria by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Laakirchen Papier AG Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 151,083 t CO₂
• Gmunden Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 286,642 t CO₂
• UPM-Kymmene Steyrermuhl Austria Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 151,083 t CO₂
• Austria · Chemical Plant · 60,282 t CO₂
• Voestalpine Stahl Linz steel plant · Steel Plant · 10,095,584 t CO₂
• Linz Melamine and Fertilizers Complex · Chemical Plant · 752,400 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 47.90876, 14.11638. View on OpenStreetMap.

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