Cargill Salt Saint Clair

Cargill Salt Saint Clair is a food & beverage plant in United States with a reported capacity of 859,086,741 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #70 of 10,937 food & beverage plants tracked in United States. It emits about 69,809 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 16,272 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38485639.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 859,086,741 USD, Cargill Salt Saint Clair está muy por encima de la mediana de food & beverage plant en United States (51,030,738 USD). Subsector: food-beverage-tobacco. Como food & beverage plant, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 80–200°C) para sus operaciones industriales centrales — calor que debe ser suministrado por calderas, hornos o combustión directa, y las pérdidas a través de recipientes y tuberías sin aislar representan combustible desperdiciado. El aislamiento modular desmontable puede reducir esas pérdidas en un 80–96%, enfriando superficies a ≤45°C, con amortización a menudo inferior a 2 años. Las plantas de alimentos y bebidas utilizan calderas, cocinadores, pasteurizadores y secadores que funcionan continuamente; la pérdida de calor de tuberías y recipientes sin aislar reduce directamente el rendimiento y la eficiencia.

Comparación de capacidad e intensidad de CO₂ calculada a partir de datos de instalaciones industriales de Climate TRACE; papel del sector basado en referencia de ingeniería.

What 69,809 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 food & beverage plants in United States

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

Local climate

Cargill Salt Saint Clair sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 42.8°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 #70 largest of 10937 food & beverage plants in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Courtright Nitrogenous Fertilizers · Chemical Plant · 595,316 t CO₂
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• Nova Chemicals Corp. Corunna, Sarnia,Ontario · Petrochemical · 2,099,079 t CO₂
• Suncor Sarnia Refinery · Refinery · 848,610 t CO₂
• Imperial Oil Sarnia Refinery · Refinery · 1,625,111 t CO₂
• Imperial Oil Products & Chemicals , Sarnia,Ontario · Petrochemical · 438,077 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 42.8184, -82.4858. View on OpenStreetMap.

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