Dongkuk Steel Pohang steel plant

Dongkuk Steel Pohang steel plant is a steel plant in South Korea with a reported capacity of 1,400,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Dongkuk Steel Mill Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #10 of 16 steel plants tracked in South Korea. It emits about 82,375 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 19,202 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-1566951.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 1,400,000 t of steel, Dongkuk Steel Pohang steel plant está por debajo de la mediana de steel plant en South Korea (2,101,000 t of steel). Subsector: iron-and-steel. Como steel plant, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 800–1500°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 acero queman carbón en altos hornos o utilizan arcos eléctricos para fundir chatarra; en ambos casos el metal fundido debe mantenerse por encima de 1.500°C y transferirse a través de tuberías y recipientes calientes extensos.

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 82,375 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 Dongkuk Steel Mill Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Dongkuk Steel Pohang steel plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 36.0°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 #10 largest of 16 steel plants in South Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Union Corp Pohang Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,377,321 t CO₂
• SeAH Steel Pohang plant · Steel Plant · 238,892 t CO₂
• Hyundai Steel Pohang steel plant · Steel Plant · 200,053 t CO₂
• POSCO Pohang steel plant · Steel Plant · 24,457,044 t CO₂
• SK Ulsan Refinery · Refinery · 7,295,436 t CO₂
• SK geo centric, Ulsan · Petrochemical · 1,166,343 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 35.96663, 129.37092. View on OpenStreetMap.

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