Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Refinery

Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Refinery is a chemical plant in United States with a reported capacity of 1 unitless. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. By capacity it ranks #37 of 453 chemical plants tracked in United States. It emits about 1,268,159 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 295,608 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 107828% above the median chemical plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3674563.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 1 unitless, Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Refinery está alrededor de la mediana de chemical plant en United States (1 unitless). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 2104% por encima de la mediana de chemical plant. Subsector: other-chemicals. Como chemical plant, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 100–500°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 químicas producen una amplia gama de químicos industriales y especializados, muchos requiriendo control preciso de temperatura e input de calor sostenido para reacciones y separaciones.

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 1,268,159 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 chemical plants in United States

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

Local climate

Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Refinery sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfa), at 44.8°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 #37 largest of 453 chemical plants in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Koch Industries Saint Paul Refinery · Refinery · 3,972,236 t CO₂
• Cut Fruit Express, Inc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• GOPHER RESOURCE LLC · Metals Plant · 105,184 t CO₂
• St. Paul Park Refining Company, LLC · Chemical Plant · 71,162 t CO₂
• Marathon Saint Paul Refinery · Refinery · 1,153,039 t CO₂
• Linko Food Llc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 44.7684, -93.0406. View on OpenStreetMap.

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