Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene Corp, Kurasiki, Okayama

Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene Corp, Kurasiki, Okayama is a petrochemical in Japan with a reported capacity of 496,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. By capacity it ranks #5 of 12 petrochemical plants tracked in Japan. It emits about 697,360 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 162,555 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 5% above the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731949.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 496,000 t of ethylene ist Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene Corp, Kurasiki, Okayama etwa um dem Medianwert von petrochemical in Japan (493,000 t of ethylene). Untersektor: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Als petrochemical benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 300–800°C) für seinen Kernbetrieb — Wärme, die durch Dampfkessel, Öfen oder direkte Verbrennung geliefert werden muss, und Verluste durch ungedämmte Behälter und Rohrleitungen stellen verschwendeten Brennstoff dar. Modulare abnehmbare Dämmung kann diese Verluste um 80–96% senken, Oberflächen auf ≤45°C kühlen, mit Amortisationszeiten oft unter 2 Jahren. Petrochemische Anlagen spalten Kohlenwasserstoffe bei sehr hohen Temperaturen auf, um Ethylen, Propylen und andere Basischemikalien zu erzeugen — einer der wärmeintensivsien Industrieprozesse.

Vergleich von Kapazität und CO₂-Intensität berechnet aus Climate TRACE Industrieanlagendaten; Sektorrolle basierend auf Ingenieurreferenz.

What 697,360 t CO₂e a year looks like

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.

Capacity vs largest petrochemical plants in Japan

Reported capacity (t of ethylene), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene Corp, Kurasiki, Okayama sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 34.5°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #5 largest of 12 petrochemical plants in Japan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• ENEOS Mizushima Refinery · Refinery · 2,996,525 t CO₂
• Tokyo Steel Okayama plant · Steel Plant · 40,945 t CO₂
• JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki) steel plant · Steel Plant · 13,044,457 t CO₂
• Collect Co Ltd · Textiles · 630 t CO₂
• JFE Bars & Shapes Mizushima Works steel plant · Steel Plant · 34,700 t CO₂
• JFE West Japan Works (Fukuyama) steel plant · Steel Plant · 19,085,123 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.48574, 133.76394. View on OpenStreetMap.

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