Dow Chemical Co. , Tarragona

Dow Chemical Co. , Tarragona is a petrochemical in Spain with a reported capacity of 675,000 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 #2 of 3 petrochemical plants tracked in Spain. It emits about 880,870 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 205,331 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648372.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 675,000 t of ethylene, Dow Chemical Co. , Tarragona está alrededor de la mediana de petrochemical en Spain (675,000 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 880,870 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 Spain

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. , Tarragona sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 41.2°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 #2 largest of 3 petrochemical plants in Spain by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Repsol SA , Tarragona · Petrochemical · 880,223 t CO₂
• Repsol Tarragona Refinery · Refinery · 2,170,075 t CO₂
• ASESA Tarragona Asphalt Refinery · Refinery · 168,475 t CO₂
• Cargill (Reus) · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂
• Affinity Petcare · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂
• Cales De Pachs · Lime Plant · 109,860 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 41.17632, 1.23196. View on OpenStreetMap.

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