Petrochemical in Poland. Approximate location 52.58516, 19.65001.
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PKN Orlen SA, Plock is a petrochemical in Poland with a reported capacity of 700,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by ORLEN SA. It emits about 877,715 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 204,596 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 7% below the median petrochemical.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648369.
Bei 700,000 t of ethylene ist PKN Orlen SA, Plock etwa um dem Medianwert von petrochemical in Poland (700,000 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.
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 ORLEN SA. All facilities by this operator →
PKN Orlen SA, Plock sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 52.6°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Coordinates 52.58516, 19.65001. View on OpenStreetMap.
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PKN Orlen SA, Plock is a petrochemical in Poland. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene.
PKN Orlen SA, Plock has a reported capacity of 700,000 t of ethylene.
PKN Orlen SA, Plock emits about 877,715 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 204,596 cars. That ranks #7 among tracked facilities in Poland.
PKN Orlen SA, Plock is in Poland, near coordinates 52.58516, 19.65001.
PKN Orlen SA, Plock is operated by ORLEN SA.