KISCO steel Changwon plant

KISCO steel Changwon plant is a steel plant in South Korea with a reported capacity of 3,000,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by KISCO Corp. By capacity it ranks #6 of 16 steel plants tracked in South Korea. It emits about 176,517 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 41,146 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 89% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566955.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 3,000,000 t of steel, KISCO steel Changwon plant è ben al di sopra di la mediana di steel plant in South Korea (2,101,000 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 176,517 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 South Korea

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

Operator

Operated by KISCO Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

KISCO steel Changwon plant sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 35.2°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 #6 largest of 16 steel plants in South Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel plant · Steel Plant · 70,607 t CO₂
• DaehanSteel Noksan Steel Plant · Steel Plant · 58,839 t CO₂
• Hutex Co. · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂
• Ace United · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂
• Dongjin Textile Dyeing House · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂
• You Young (Korea) · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 35.21573, 128.63646. View on OpenStreetMap.

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