Carmel Olefins Ltd., Haifa,

Carmel Olefins Ltd., Haifa, is a petrochemical in Israel with a reported capacity of 240,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It emits about 336,999 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 78,555 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731919.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 240,000 t of ethylene, Carmel Olefins Ltd., Haifa, è attorno a la mediana di petrochemical in Israel (240,000 t of ethylene). Sottosettore: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Come petrochemical, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 300–800°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 petrolchimici scindono gli idrocarburi a temperature molto elevate per produrre etilene, propilene e altri prodotti chimici di base — uno dei processi industriali più intensivi dal punto di vista termico.

Confronto di capacità e intensità di CO₂ calcolato dai dati delle strutture industriali Climate TRACE; ruolo del settore basato su riferimento ingegneristico.

What 336,999 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.

Local climate

Carmel Olefins Ltd., Haifa, sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 32.8°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Bazan Haifa Refinery · Refinery · 2,056,161 t CO₂
• Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd · Chemical Plant · 19,341 t CO₂
• Gadot Biochemistry Industries Ltd · Food & Beverage · 4,421 t CO₂
• Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd · Food & Beverage · 2,785 t CO₂
• Amir Dagan Institute Of Mixture · Food & Beverage · 1,824 t CO₂
• flight of metals · Other Manufacturing · 2,058 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 32.78798, 35.06311. View on OpenStreetMap.

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