Mile 89.1 - LBD - Rain CII Chalmette Calciner

89.1 LBD - Rain CII Chalmette Calciner

Commissioned in 1968 by Kaiser Aluminum; the plant was built to calcine (heat in rotary kilns) petroleum coke in order to produce carbon that is made into aluminum smelter anodes (electrodes). It has one rotary kiln with 230,000 ton/yr capacity. The facility has a covered 25,000 ton “green” petroleum coke storage capacity. Petroleum coke is the solid granular stuff that is leftover from refining crude oil. This “green” coke is mostly carbon but still has enough leftover stuff in it that it needs to be heated in a rotary kiln (a calciner) to “burn off” all the non-carbon material.

Toxic Releases (TRI) for 2013 in pounds:

Rain CII Gramercy Calciner:
Air: 23,456
Water: 749