Steel Plant in Japan. Approximate location 34.72228, 134.82716.
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Kobe Kakogawa Works steel plant is a steel plant in Japan with a reported capacity of 5,136,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Kobe Steel Ltd. By capacity it ranks #7 of 40 steel plants tracked in Japan. It emits about 7,135,332 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,663,248 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 157% above the median steel plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566921.
Con 5,136,000 t of steel, Kobe Kakogawa Works steel plant está muy por encima de la mediana de steel plant en Japan (973,658 t of steel). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 2302% por encima de la mediana de steel plant. 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.
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.
Reported capacity (t of steel), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Kobe Steel Ltd. All facilities by this operator →
Kobe Kakogawa Works steel plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 34.7°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #7 largest of 40 steel plants in Japan by reported capacity.
Coordinates 34.72228, 134.82716. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Kobe Kakogawa Works steel plant is a steel plant in Japan. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).
Kobe Kakogawa Works steel plant has a reported capacity of 5,136,000 t of steel.
Kobe Kakogawa Works steel plant emits about 7,135,332 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,663,248 cars. That ranks #6 among tracked facilities in Japan.
Kobe Kakogawa Works steel plant is in Japan, near coordinates 34.72228, 134.82716.
Kobe Kakogawa Works steel plant is operated by Kobe Steel Ltd.
