Cement Plant in Luxembourg. Approximate location 49.46505, 6.00655.
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Rumelange Cement Plant is a cement plant in Luxembourg with a reported capacity of 50,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Cimalux SA. It emits about 17,915 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 4,176 cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438878.
在50,000 t of cement时，Rumelange Cement Plant是Luxembourg中cement plant的中位数约 50,000 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.
Operated by Cimalux SA. All facilities by this operator →
Rumelange Cement Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 49.5°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Coordinates 49.46505, 6.00655. 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 8,000 MWh/yr (≈ 2,700 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.
See Inzonex insulation → Estimate your site →
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.
Obligation. Under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (Art. 8), large undertakings (>250 staff or >€50M turnover / >€43M balance) must run an energy audit every 4 years or operate a certified energy management system (ISO 50001).
Funding. National energy-efficiency grants and white-certificate schemes typically apply — check the local programme.
EED Article 8, transposed nationally. Confirm current national terms.
Rumelange Cement Plant is a cement plant in Luxembourg. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.
Rumelange Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 50,000 t of cement.
Rumelange Cement Plant emits about 17,915 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 4,176 cars. That ranks #3 among tracked facilities in Luxembourg.
Rumelange Cement Plant is in Luxembourg, near coordinates 49.46505, 6.00655.
Rumelange Cement Plant is operated by Cimalux SA.
