Mindouli Cement Plant

Mindouli Cement Plant is a cement plant in Congo with a reported capacity of 700,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Diamond Cement Congo SA. By capacity it ranks #1 of 3 cement plants tracked in Congo. It emits about 280,568 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 65,400 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 11% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1896551.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

700,000 t of cement'de, Mindouli Cement Plant Congo'daki cement plant'lerin medyanı çok üstünde 300,000 t of cement'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 280,568 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

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

Operator

Operated by Diamond Cement Congo SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Mindouli Cement Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 4.2°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 #1 largest of 3 cement plants in Congo by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• SONOCC Madingou Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 127,249 t CO₂
• Louvakou Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 122,345 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -4.24236, 14.36285. View on OpenStreetMap.

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