Dow Chemical Co. , Bohlen

Dow Chemical Co. , Bohlen is a petrochemical in Germany with a reported capacity of 565,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by The Dow Chemical Company . By capacity it ranks #5 of 9 petrochemical plants tracked in Germany. It emits about 737,321 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 171,870 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648357.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 565,000 t of ethylene, Dow Chemical Co. , Bohlen está alrededor de la mediana de petrochemical en Germany (565,000 t of ethylene). Subsector: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Como petrochemical, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 300–800°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 petroquímicas agrietan hidrocarburos a temperaturas muy altas para producir etileno, propileno y otros químicos básicos — uno de los procesos industriales más intensivos en calor.

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 737,321 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 Germany

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

Operator

Operated by The Dow Chemical Company .

Local climate

Dow Chemical Co. , Bohlen sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.4°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 #5 largest of 9 petrochemical plants in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Total Leuna Refinery · Refinery · 2,810,434 t CO₂
• Karsdorf Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 763,126 t CO₂
• Pfeifer & Langen Gmbh & Co. Kg, Werk Könnern · Food & Beverage · 103,876 t CO₂
• Südzucker Ag Mannheim / Ochsenfurt Werk Zeitz · Food & Beverage · 245,876 t CO₂
• Bernburg Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 350,195 t CO₂
• Sodawerk Staßfurt · Chemical Plant · 206,964 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 51.39413, 11.9747. View on OpenStreetMap.

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