Cement Plant in Iraq. Approximate location 35.34105, 44.47752.
Cement PlantIraqCO₂ reported
Kirkuk Cement Plant is a cement plant in Iraq with a reported capacity of 2,000,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Cement Manufacturer of Leylan. By capacity it ranks #4 of 21 cement plants tracked in Iraq. It emits about 690,240 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 160,895 cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897247.
在2,000,000 t of cement时，Kirkuk Cement Plant是Iraq中cement plant的中位数约 1,934,000 t of cement。 子部门：cement。 作为cement plant，它需要强烈的工艺热量（通常800–1400°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。 水泥厂在回转窑中将石灰石加热到1,400°C——是最热的工业过程之一——必须在整个窑长上精确控制温度。
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 cement), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Cement Manufacturer of Leylan. All facilities by this operator →
Kirkuk Cement Plant sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 35.3°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #4 largest of 21 cement plants in Iraq by reported capacity.
Coordinates 35.34105, 44.47752. View on OpenStreetMap.
A cement plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: rotary kiln shell, preheater tower, tertiary air duct & kiln hood, clinker-cooler ducts, valves (surface/process temperatures around 200–1,000 °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.
60% of cement CO2 is process calcination - NOT insulation-addressable; energy here is the 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 12,000 MWh/yr (≈ 4,200 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.
Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:
Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.
Kirkuk Cement Plant is a cement plant in Iraq. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.
Kirkuk Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 2,000,000 t of cement.
Kirkuk Cement Plant emits about 690,240 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 160,895 cars. That ranks #6 among tracked facilities in Iraq.
Kirkuk Cement Plant is in Iraq, near coordinates 35.34105, 44.47752.
Kirkuk Cement Plant is operated by Cement Manufacturer of Leylan.
