Hirakud aluminium plant

Hirakud aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in India with a reported capacity of 192,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Hindalco Industries Ltd. By capacity it ranks #14 of 20 aluminium smelters tracked in India. It emits about 371,225 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 86,533 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 7% below the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673077.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 192,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Hirakud aluminium plant está por debajo de la mediana de aluminium smelter en India (360,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 7% por debajo de la mediana de aluminium smelter. Subsector: aluminum. Como aluminium smelter, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 600–900°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 fundiciones de aluminio utilizan grandes corrientes eléctricas para refinar alúmina en aluminio fundido por encima de 900°C, y el metal caliente debe fluir a través de crisoles y equipos de colada.

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 371,225 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 aluminium smelters in India

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

Operator

Operated by Hindalco Industries Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Hirakud aluminium plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 21.5°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 #14 largest of 20 aluminium smelters in India by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Shyam Metalics Sambalpur Steel Plant · Steel Plant · 2,702,560 t CO₂
• Lapanga aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 696,046 t CO₂
• JSW BPSL Jharsuguda steel plant · Steel Plant · 8,032,381 t CO₂
• Jharsuguda District · Aluminium Smelter · 580,273 t CO₂
• Jharsuguda aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 3,335,222 t CO₂
• ACC Bargarh Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 597,035 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 21.53283, 83.90678. View on OpenStreetMap.

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