Wanhua Chemicals, Shandong, Yantai

Wanhua Chemicals, Shandong, Yantai is a petrochemical in China with a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Wanhua Group . By capacity it ranks #21 of 41 petrochemical plants tracked in China. It emits about 1,117,030 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 260,380 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 17% below the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648404.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 1,000,000 t of ethylene ist Wanhua Chemicals, Shandong, Yantai etwa um dem Medianwert von petrochemical in China (1,000,000 t of ethylene). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 35% unter dem Medianwert von petrochemical. 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 1,117,030 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).

Operator

Operated by Wanhua Group .

Local climate

Wanhua Chemicals, Shandong, Yantai sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwa), at 37.7°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 #21 largest of 41 petrochemical plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Yantai Qixia Zhonglian Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 587,370 t CO₂
• Yantai Shanshui Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,019,550 t CO₂
• Yantai Pacific Home Fashion Co. Ltd · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Yantai Walsin Stainless Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 333,176 t CO₂
• Qixia Xinghao Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 341,677 t CO₂
• Haiyang Zhongxin Garment Factory · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 37.68378, 121.06457. View on OpenStreetMap.

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