Tokuyama Soda Ash Facility

Tokuyama Soda Ash Facility is a chemical plant in Japan with a reported capacity of 181,440 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It is operated by Tokuyama Corp. By capacity it ranks #3 of 8 chemical plants tracked in Japan. It emits about 39,686 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 9,251 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% below the median chemical plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257197.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 181,440 t of chemical ist Tokuyama Soda Ash Facility etwa um dem Medianwert von chemical plant in Japan (157,704 t of chemical). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 85% unter dem Medianwert von chemical plant. Untersektor: chemicals. Als chemical plant benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 100–500°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. Chemieanlagen erzeugen eine breite Palette von Industrie- und Spezialchemikalien, viele erfordern präzise Temperaturkontrolle und nachhaltigen Wärmeeintrag für Reaktionen und Trennungen.

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

What 39,686 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 chemical plants in Japan

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

Operator

Operated by Tokuyama Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Tokuyama Soda Ash Facility sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 34.0°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 #3 largest of 8 chemical plants in Japan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Nippon Stainless Steel Yamaguchi Works (Hikari Area) steel plant · Steel Plant · 97,836 t CO₂
• Idemitsu Kosan Tokuyama Refinery · Refinery · 179,808 t CO₂
• Idemitsu Kosan Tokuyama , Tokuyama · Petrochemical · 970,117 t CO₂
• ENEOS Marifu Refinery · Refinery · 659,320 t CO₂
• Nippon Daishowa Paperboard Co. Ltd - Otake Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 113,825 t CO₂
• Nippon Stainless Steel Yamaguchi Works (Shunan Area) steel plant · Steel Plant · 191,744 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 33.96193, 132.11044. View on OpenStreetMap.

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