Sasol Polymers Sasolburg, Sasolburg

Sasol Polymers Sasolburg, Sasolburg is a petrochemical in South Africa with a reported capacity of 90,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Sasol . By capacity it ranks #2 of 2 petrochemical plants tracked in South Africa. It emits about 197,367 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 46,006 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 63% above the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-732017.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 90,000 t of ethylene, Sasol Polymers Sasolburg, Sasolburg está por debajo de la mediana de petrochemical en South Africa (525,000 t of ethylene). 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 197,367 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 South Africa

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

Operator

Operated by Sasol .

Local climate

Sasol Polymers Sasolburg, Sasolburg sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 26.8°S in the southern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #2 largest of 2 petrochemical plants in South Africa by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Natref Sasolburg Refinery · Refinery · 771,500 t CO₂
• ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark Steel Works · Steel Plant · 4,161,451 t CO₂
• ZAF-Fezile Dabi_methanol · Chemical Plant · 52,157 t CO₂
• Scaw Metals Group Germiston plant · Steel Plant · 493,095 t CO₂
• Pretoria Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 239,414 t CO₂
• Sasol Polymers Secunda, Secunda · Petrochemical · 1,151,305 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -26.82537, 27.84282. View on OpenStreetMap.

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