Petrochemical in Switzerland. Approximate location 46.30112, 7.88796.
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Lonza Ltd. , Visp is a petrochemical in Switzerland with a reported capacity of 25,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It emits about 32,625 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 7,605 cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648376.
Con 25,000 t of ethylene, Lonza Ltd. , Visp è attorno a la mediana di petrochemical in Switzerland (25,000 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.
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.
Lonza Ltd. , Visp sits in a polar tundra climate zone (Köppen ET), at 46.3°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Coordinates 46.30112, 7.88796. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Lonza Ltd. , Visp is a petrochemical in Switzerland. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene.
Lonza Ltd. , Visp has a reported capacity of 25,000 t of ethylene.
Lonza Ltd. , Visp emits about 32,625 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 7,605 cars. That ranks #17 among tracked facilities in Switzerland.
Lonza Ltd. , Visp is in Switzerland, near coordinates 46.30112, 7.88796.