GPH Steel Sitakunda plant

GPH Steel Sitakunda plant is a steel plant in Bangladesh with a reported capacity of 1,051,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by GPH Ispat Ltd. By capacity it ranks #4 of 5 steel plants tracked in Bangladesh. It emits about 333,972 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 77,849 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 41% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566437.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 1,051,000 t of steel, GPH Steel Sitakunda plant è al di sotto di la mediana di steel plant in Bangladesh (1,400,000 t of steel). Sottosettore: iron-and-steel. Come steel plant, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 800–1500°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 siderurgici bruciano carbone in altiforni o utilizzano archi elettrici per fondere rottami; in entrambi i casi, il metallo fuso deve essere mantenuto sopra i 1.500°C e trasferito attraverso estesi tubi e recipienti caldi.

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

What 333,972 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 Bangladesh

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

Operator

Operated by GPH Ispat Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

GPH Steel Sitakunda plant sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 22.5°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 #4 largest of 5 steel plants in Bangladesh by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Unitex Spinning Ltd. · Textiles · 546 t CO₂
• Unitex Composite Mills Ltd. · Textiles · 546 t CO₂
• KSRM Sitakunda steel plant · Steel Plant · 42,971 t CO₂
• Abul Khair Steel Sitakunda plant · Steel Plant · 254,428 t CO₂
• Infinia Synthetic Fiber Limited. · Textiles · 546 t CO₂
• Infinia Spinning Mills Ltd. · Textiles · 546 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 22.53654, 91.70079. View on OpenStreetMap.

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