Tunstead Cement Plant

Tunstead Cement Plant is a cement plant in United Kingdom with a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Tarmac Holdings Ltd. By capacity it ranks #5 of 10 cement plants tracked in United Kingdom. It emits about 373,349 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 87,028 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438459.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

1,000,000 t of cement'de, Tunstead Cement Plant United Kingdom'daki cement plant'lerin medyanı yaklaşık 1,000,000 t of cement'dir. Kapasite başına CO₂'si cement plant'nin medyanı altında kabaca 8%'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 373,349 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 United Kingdom

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

Operator

Operated by Tarmac Holdings Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Tunstead Cement Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 53.3°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 10 cement plants in United Kingdom by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Hope Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 717,958 t CO₂
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• Trc Ltd · Textiles · 9,186 t CO₂
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Location

Coordinates 53.26247, -1.85485. View on OpenStreetMap.

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