PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical , Shaanxi, Yulin

PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical , Shaanxi, Yulin is a petrochemical in China with a reported capacity of 800,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. By capacity it ranks #27 of 41 petrochemical plants tracked in China. It emits about 867,195 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 202,143 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 19% below the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648407.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 800,000 t of ethylene, PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical , Shaanxi, Yulin está alrededor de la mediana de petrochemical en China (1,000,000 t of ethylene). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 37% por debajo de la mediana de petrochemical. 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 867,195 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 China

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

Local climate

PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical , Shaanxi, Yulin sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 38.1°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 #27 largest of 41 petrochemical plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• CHN-Yulin_methanol · Chemical Plant · 8,883,334 t CO₂
• CHN-Yulin_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 823,303 t CO₂
• Yulin, Shanxi aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,338,837 t CO₂
• Mizhi Jidong Cement Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 350,149 t CO₂
• Yulin (Shenmu) Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 4,650,585 t CO₂
• Yulin (Shenmu) Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 240,044 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 38.1259, 109.54556. View on OpenStreetMap.

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