YK Steel Busan plant

YK Steel Busan plant is a steel plant in South Korea with a reported capacity of 930,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by YK Steel Corp. By capacity it ranks #15 of 16 steel plants tracked in South Korea. It emits about 54,720 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 12,755 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 89% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566960.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 930,000 t of steel ist YK Steel Busan plant unter dem Medianwert von steel plant in South Korea (2,101,000 t of steel). Untersektor: iron-and-steel. Als steel plant benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 800–1500°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. Stahlwerke verbrennen Kohle in Hochöfen oder nutzen Lichtbogenöfen zum Schmelzen von Schrott; in beiden Fällen muss das geschmolzene Metall über 1.500°C gehalten und durch umfangreiche heiße Rohrleitungen und Behälter geleitet werden.

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

What 54,720 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 steel plants in South Korea

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

Operator

Operated by YK Steel Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

YK Steel Busan plant sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 35.1°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 #15 largest of 16 steel plants in South Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Changshin Inc. · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂
• You Young (Korea) · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂
• Kyungjin Textile Co., Ltd · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂
• Dongjin Textile Dyeing House · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂
• Ace United · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂
• DaehanSteel Noksan Steel Plant · Steel Plant · 58,839 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 35.08373, 128.98899. View on OpenStreetMap.

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