Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel Co Ltd

Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel Co Ltd is a steel plant in China with a reported capacity of 17,647,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #3 of 363 steel plants tracked in China. It emits about 21,886,764 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 5,101,810 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 130% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32440512.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 17,647,000 t of steel, Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel Co Ltd está muy por encima de la mediana de steel plant en China (2,300,000 t of steel). 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.

What 21,886,764 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 steel plants in China

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

Operator

Operated by Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel Co Ltd sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 32.0°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 #3 largest of 363 steel plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Zhangjiagang Rongsheng Special Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 10,006,077 t CO₂
• Posco Zhangjiagang Stainless Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 218,092 t CO₂
• Zhangjiagang Zhengxin Printing & Dyeing Co. Ltd. · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Zhangjiagang Primetex Co. , Ltd · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Thomas Dynamic Material (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Suzhou Heft Garments & Fashion Accessories Co., Ltd. · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 31.98036, 120.63057. View on OpenStreetMap.

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