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The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill

Pulp & Paper Mill in India. Approximate location 10.12961, 76.46108.

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The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in India with a reported capacity of 67,000 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. By capacity it ranks #1 of 12 pulp & paper mills tracked in India. It emits about 36,208 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 8,440 cars.

67,000t of pulp & paper
36,208t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#288CO₂ rank in India
0.54t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375570.

У контексті: як порівнюється це підприємство

При потужності 67,000 t of pulp & paper The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill — це приблизно медіана pulp & paper mill у India (67,000 t of pulp & paper). Підсектор: pulp-and-paper. Як pulp & paper mill, воно вимагає високотемпературного технологічного тепла (зазвичай 150–250°C) для основних промислових операцій — тепла, яке повинне подаватися котлами, печами або прямим спаленням, і втрати через неізольовані судини та трубопроводи представляють витрачене напразно паливо. Знімна модульна теплоізоляція може зменшити ці втрати на 80–96%, охолодивши поверхню обладнання до ≤45°C, з окупністю часто менше 2 років. Целюлозно-паперові комбінати генерують власну пару для процесу варіння целюлози та сушки паперу, працюючи з великомасштабними котельними установками, де втрати тепла безпосередньо зменшують ефективність.

Порівняння продуктивності та інтенсивності CO₂ розраховано на основі даних промислових об'єктів Climate TRACE; роль сектору заснована на інженерних довідниках.

What 36,208 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

8,440cars driven for a year
4,722homes' annual energy use
603,467tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest pulp & paper mills in India

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

Local climate

The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 10.1°N in the northern hemisphere.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~29°Ctypical warm-season
Tropical savanna: warm all year, with distinct wet and dry seasons

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #1 largest of 12 pulp & paper mills in India by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 10.12961, 76.46108. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A pulp & paper mill like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: digesters, dryers, evaporators, steam lines, hot-water systems (surface/process temperatures around 80–200 °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.

Indicative recoverable energy

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 4,100 MWh/yr (≈ 810 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.

Safety & the no-regret first step

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.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

CBAM. Exporters of cement, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, hydrogen and electricity to the EU face the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — cutting embedded emissions (efficiency + insulation) lowers the levy.

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill?

The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in India. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads.

What is the capacity of The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill?

The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill has a reported capacity of 67,000 t of pulp & paper.

How much CO₂ does The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill emit?

The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill emits about 36,208 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 8,440 cars. That ranks #288 among tracked facilities in India.

Where is The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill located?

The Travancore Rayons Limited Pulp Mill is in India, near coordinates 10.12961, 76.46108.

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