Qinghai Minhe Xian aluminium plant

Qinghai Minhe Xian aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in China with a reported capacity of 450,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Qinghai Western Hydro Power Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #58 of 141 aluminium smelters tracked in China. It emits about 956,312 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 222,917 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3672972.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 450,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Qinghai Minhe Xian aluminium plant está alrededor de la mediana de aluminium smelter en China (372,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 16% por encima 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 956,312 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 China

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

Operator

Operated by Qinghai Western Hydro Power Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Qinghai Minhe Xian aluminium plant sits in a monsoon warm-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwb), at 36.2°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 #58 largest of 141 aluminium smelters in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Minhe Qilianshan Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 271,724 t CO₂
• Yongdeng, Gansu aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,105,072 t CO₂
• Lanzhou, Gansu aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 913,809 t CO₂
• Qinghai Taining Cement Limited Company Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 234,762 t CO₂
• Yongdeng Jinxin Building Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 395,079 t CO₂
• Yongdeng Minle Building Material Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.15624, 102.77473. View on OpenStreetMap.

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