Chemical Plant in Argentina. Approximate location -38.58349, -62.17158.
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ARG-Bahía Blanca_ammonia is a chemical plant in Argentina with a reported capacity of 6,396 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. By capacity it ranks #3 of 5 chemical plants tracked in Argentina. It emits about 13,804 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 3,218 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-33999153.
Con 6,396 t of chemical, ARG-Bahía Blanca_ammonia è attorno a la mediana di chemical plant in Argentina (6,396 t of chemical). Sottosettore: chemicals. Come chemical plant, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 100–500°C) per le sue operazioni industriali essenziali — calore che deve essere fornito da caldaie, forni o combustione diretta, e le perdite attraverso recipienti e tubazioni non isolati rappresentano carburante sprecato. L'isolamento modulare removibile può ridurre queste perdite dell'80–96%, raffreddando superfici a ≤45°C, con payback spesso inferiore a 2 anni. Gli impianti chimici producono un'ampia gamma di prodotti chimici industriali e specializzati, molti dei quali richiedono un controllo preciso della temperatura e un apporto termico sostenuto per reazioni e separazioni.
Confronto di capacità e intensità di CO₂ calcolato dai dati delle strutture industriali Climate TRACE; ruolo del settore basato su riferimento ingegneristico.
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.
Reported capacity (t of chemical), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
ARG-Bahía Blanca_ammonia sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 38.6°S in the southern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #3 largest of 5 chemical plants in Argentina by reported capacity.
Coordinates -38.58349, -62.17158. View on OpenStreetMap.
A chemical plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: reactors, crackers, distillation columns, heat exchangers, steam lines, valves & flanges (surface/process temperatures around 150–500 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.
On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 9,000 MWh/yr (≈ 1,800 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.
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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.
Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.
Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:
Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.
ARG-Bahía Blanca_ammonia is a chemical plant in Argentina. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals.
ARG-Bahía Blanca_ammonia has a reported capacity of 6,396 t of chemical.
ARG-Bahía Blanca_ammonia emits about 13,804 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 3,218 cars. That ranks #31 among tracked facilities in Argentina.
ARG-Bahía Blanca_ammonia is in Argentina, near coordinates -38.58349, -62.17158.
