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 contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 450,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Qinghai Minhe Xian aluminium plant est autour de la médiane des aluminium smelter en China (372,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Son CO₂ par unité de capacité est approximativement 16% au-dessus de la médiane des aluminium smelter. Sous-secteur: aluminum. Comme aluminium smelter, elle nécessite une chaleur de procédé intensive (typiquement 600–900°C) pour ses opérations industrielles essentielles — chaleur qui doit être fournie par des chaudières, fours ou combustion directe, et les pertes par les récipients et tuyauteries non isolés représentent du combustible gaspillé. L'isolation modulaire amovible peut réduire ces pertes de 80–96%, refroidissant les surfaces à ≤45°C, avec des délais d'amortissement souvent inférieurs à 2 ans. Les fonderies d'aluminium utilisent de grands courants électriques pour raffiner l'alumine en aluminium fondu au-dessus de 900°C, et le métal chaud doit s'écouler à travers des creusets et des équipements de coulée.

Comparaison de capacité et d'intensité de CO₂ calculée à partir des données des installations industrielles Climate TRACE; rôle du secteur basé sur la référence d'ingénierie.

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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