Lime Plant in Belgium. Approximate location 50.1649, 5.268.
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Lhoist Industrie Sa - Site De On is a lime plant in Belgium with a reported capacity of 1,965,685 t of lime. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns. It emits about 419,400 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 97,762 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 68% below the median lime plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38467373.
1,965,685 t of lime'de, Lhoist Industrie Sa - Site De On Belgium'daki lime plant'lerin medyanı yaklaşık 1,965,685 t of lime'dir. Alt sektör: lime. lime plant olarak, temel endüstriyel işlemleri için yoğun proses ısısı (tipik olarak 600–900°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. Kireç fabrikaları, 800–900°C'de sıcak ocaklarda kireci kalsinize eder ve sıcak quicklime, nemi ile reaksiyon önlemek için izole edilmiş kaplarda taşınmalıdır.
Kapasite ve CO₂ yoğunluğu karşılaştırması Climate TRACE endüstriyel tesis verilerinden hesaplanmıştır; sektör rolü mühendislik referansına dayanmaktadır.
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.
Lhoist Industrie Sa - Site De On sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 50.2°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Coordinates 50.1649, 5.268. 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 9,000 MWh/yr (≈ 3,100 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.
Obligation. Under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (Art. 8), large undertakings (>250 staff or >€50M turnover / >€43M balance) must run an energy audit every 4 years or operate a certified energy management system (ISO 50001).
Funding. National energy-efficiency grants and white-certificate schemes typically apply — check the local programme.
EED Article 8, transposed nationally. Confirm current national terms.
Lhoist Industrie Sa - Site De On is a lime plant in Belgium. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns.
Lhoist Industrie Sa - Site De On has a reported capacity of 1,965,685 t of lime.
Lhoist Industrie Sa - Site De On emits about 419,400 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 97,762 cars. That ranks #9 among tracked facilities in Belgium.
Lhoist Industrie Sa - Site De On is in Belgium, near coordinates 50.1649, 5.268.
