Aluminium Smelter in South Africa. Approximate location -28.76698, 32.03106.
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Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in South Africa with a reported capacity of 724,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by South32 Ltd. It emits about 1,602,048 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 373,438 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 6% above the median aluminium smelter.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673154.
عند 724,000 t of alumina/aluminum، يكون Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant حوالي متوسط aluminium smelter في South Africa (724,000 t of alumina/aluminum). القطاع الفرعي: aluminum. كـ aluminium smelter، يتطلب حرارة عملية مكثفة (عادة 600–900°C) لعملياته الصناعية الأساسية — حرارة يجب توفيرها بواسطة الغلايات أو الأفران أو الاحتراق المباشر، والخسائر من خلال الحاويات والأنابيب غير المعزولة تمثل وقود مهدر. يمكن للعزل المعياري القابل للإزالة أن يقلل هذه الخسائر بمقدار 80-96٪، وتبريد الأسطح إلى ≤45°C، مع فترة استرجاع غالباً أقل من سنتين. تستخدم مصاهر الألومنيوم تيارات كهربائية كبيرة لتحسين الألومينا إلى ألومنيوم مذاب فوق 900°C، ويجب أن يتدفق المعدن الساخن عبر البواتق ومعدات الصب.
مقارنة السعة وكثافة CO₂ محسوبة من بيانات منشآت Climate TRACE الصناعية؛ دور القطاع بناءً على مرجع الهندسة.
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 South32 Ltd. All facilities by this operator →
Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 28.8°S in the southern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Coordinates -28.76698, 32.03106. View on OpenStreetMap.
Kilns, furnaces, boilers, heat exchangers, valves and steam lines on sites like this lose energy continuously. Inzonex makes patented removable modular insulation for hot industrial equipment:
Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant is a aluminium smelter in South Africa. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis.
Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant has a reported capacity of 724,000 t of alumina/aluminum.
Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant emits about 1,602,048 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 373,438 cars. That ranks #3 among tracked facilities in South Africa.
Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant is in South Africa, near coordinates -28.76698, 32.03106.
Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant is operated by South32 Ltd.
