Lime Plant in United States. Approximate location 41.64083, -87.40821.
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Carmeuse Lime, Inc. Buffington is a lime plant in United States with a reported capacity of 569,083 t of lime. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns. By capacity it ranks #9 of 122 lime plants tracked in United States. It emits about 702,363 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 163,721 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 87% above the median lime plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38467369.
在569,083 t of lime时，Carmeuse Lime, Inc. Buffington是United States中lime plant的中位数远高于 178,599 t of lime。 子部门：lime。 作为lime plant，它需要强烈的工艺热量（通常600–900°C）来进行其核心工业操作——必须通过锅炉、炉或直接燃烧供应的热量，通过未隔热的容器和管道的损失代表浪费的燃料。可拆卸模块化绝缘可以将这些损失减少80-96%，将表面冷却至≤45°C，投资回收期通常不到2年。 石灰厂在800-900°C的热窑中煅烧石灰石，热生石灰必须在隔热容器中处理，以防止与水分反应。
容量和CO₂强度比较从Climate TRACE工业设施数据计算得出；部门角色基于工程参考。
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.
Reported capacity (t of lime), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Carmeuse Lime, Inc. Buffington sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfa), at 41.6°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #9 largest of 122 lime plants in United States by reported capacity.
Coordinates 41.64083, -87.40821. 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.
Funding. Investment tax credit up to 30% of qualified investment incl. industrial decarbonization; open to small/medium/large manufacturers.
Obligation. None at federal level (voluntary). Some states have their own programs. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we don't hold this site's metered energy use).
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Carmeuse Lime, Inc. Buffington is a lime plant in United States. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns.
Carmeuse Lime, Inc. Buffington has a reported capacity of 569,083 t of lime.
Carmeuse Lime, Inc. Buffington emits about 702,363 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 163,721 cars. That ranks #183 among tracked facilities in United States.
Carmeuse Lime, Inc. Buffington is in United States, near coordinates 41.64083, -87.40821.
