Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, Shanghai, Caojing

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, Shanghai, Caojing is a petrochemical in China with a reported capacity of 700,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. By capacity it ranks #31 of 41 petrochemical plants tracked in China. It emits about 1,196,897 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 278,997 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 27% above the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731876.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 700,000 t of ethylene ist Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, Shanghai, Caojing unter dem Medianwert von petrochemical in China (1,000,000 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 1,196,897 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 China

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

Local climate

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, Shanghai, Caojing sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.8°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 #31 largest of 41 petrochemical plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Refinery · Refinery · 3,976,695 t CO₂
• Shanghai Secco Petrochemical, Shanghai, Caojing · Petrochemical · 1,949,233 t CO₂
• Tong Hong Tannery (Bei Hai) Co., Ltd · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Shanghai Junda Auto Decoration Co., Ltd. · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Cobest Enterprise Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Teng Ding Co., Ltd · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 30.78674, 121.46108. View on OpenStreetMap.

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