Zakłady Azotowe Puławy

Zakłady Azotowe Puławy is a chemical plant in Poland with a reported capacity of 820,000 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It is operated by Grupa Azoty SA. By capacity it ranks #2 of 7 chemical plants tracked in Poland. It emits about 1,127,990 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 262,935 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% below the median chemical plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257226.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 820,000 t of chemical, Zakłady Azotowe Puławy está muy por encima de la mediana de chemical plant en Poland (540,000 t of chemical). Subsector: chemicals. Como chemical plant, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 100–500°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 químicas producen una amplia gama de químicos industriales y especializados, muchos requiriendo control preciso de temperatura e input de calor sostenido para reacciones y separaciones.

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 1,127,990 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 chemical plants in Poland

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

Operator

Operated by Grupa Azoty SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Zakłady Azotowe Puławy sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.5°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 #2 largest of 7 chemical plants in Poland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Polski Ogród Sp. Z O. O. · Food & Beverage · 35,924 t CO₂
• Krajowa Spółka Cukrowa S.A., Oddział "Cukrownia Lublin" · Food & Beverage · 35,924 t CO₂
• Karsy Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 397,352 t CO₂
• Celsa Huta Ostrowiec steel plant · Steel Plant · 48,471 t CO₂
• Zakłady Mięsne "Animex" S. A., Oddział W Starachowicach · Food & Beverage · 35,924 t CO₂
• Bell Pphu · Textiles · 6,465 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 51.45207, 21.98296. View on OpenStreetMap.

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