Lime Plant in Norway. Approximate location 66.30695, 14.16781.
Lime PlantNorwayCO₂ reported
Sma Mineral As is a lime plant in Norway with a reported capacity of 24,867 t of lime. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns. By capacity it ranks #3 of 4 lime plants tracked in Norway. It emits about 76,331 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 17,793 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 366% above the median lime plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38467602.
在24,867 t of lime时，Sma Mineral As是Norway中lime plant的中位数低于 45,005 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).
Sma Mineral As sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate zone (Köppen Dfc), at 66.3°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #3 largest of 4 lime plants in Norway by reported capacity.
Coordinates 66.30695, 14.16781. 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 4,300 MWh/yr (≈ 1,400 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.
Sma Mineral As is a lime plant in Norway. It calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns.
Sma Mineral As has a reported capacity of 24,867 t of lime.
Sma Mineral As emits about 76,331 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 17,793 cars. That ranks #37 among tracked facilities in Norway.
Sma Mineral As is in Norway, near coordinates 66.30695, 14.16781.
