IRPC Public Refinery and Petrochemical, Cherng Nern

IRPC Public Refinery and Petrochemical, Cherng Nern is a petrochemical in Thailand with a reported capacity of 433,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by IRPC PCL. By capacity it ranks #4 of 4 petrochemical plants tracked in Thailand. It emits about 888,043 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 207,003 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 53% above the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731982.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 433,000 t of ethylene ist IRPC Public Refinery and Petrochemical, Cherng Nern unter dem Medianwert von petrochemical in Thailand (1,200,000 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 888,043 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 Thailand

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

Operator

Operated by IRPC PCL. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

IRPC Public Refinery and Petrochemical, Cherng Nern sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 12.7°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 #4 largest of 4 petrochemical plants in Thailand by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• IRPC Refinery and Petrochemical Complex Refinery · Refinery · 2,105,797 t CO₂
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• Star Petroleum Map Ta Phut Refinery · Refinery · 1,714,021 t CO₂
• Tata Steel Manufacturing SCSC Plant · Steel Plant · 20,839 t CO₂
• Siam Yamato Steel Map Ta Phut plant · Steel Plant · 22,734 t CO₂
• PTT Global Chemical Map Ta Phut, Map Ta Phut, Rayong · Petrochemical · 3,850,620 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 12.65422, 101.30463. View on OpenStreetMap.

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