Abstract:

Carbon footprint can be defined as the carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by anthropogenic activities (such as transportation, energy generation, services or purchasable products, etc.). The carbon footprint of a facility can be determined due to reasons such as legal obligations, social responsibilities, customer demand, or reduction of GHG emissions. In this study carbon footprint of a cement factory is ascertained. The amount of greenhouse gas emissions from the factory is 1,64 million tons of CO2 in 2014. 65% of them come from clinker production and the remaining comes from combustion, mainly petroleum coke which has the largest share of approximately 30% of contribution. It will be a good opportunity for the factory to use waste oil and end of life tires (ELT) as alternative fuels to mitigate its the carbon footprint.

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