Rungta Mines Karakhendra Steel Plant

Rungta Mines Karakhendra Steel Plant is a steel plant in India. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-48306442.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

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.

Capacity vs largest steel plants in India

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

Local climate

Rungta Mines Karakhendra Steel Plant sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 22.1°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

• Orissa Sponge Iron and Steel plant · Steel Plant · 159,160 t CO₂
• ACC Chaibasa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 359,389 t CO₂
• SAIL Rourkela steel plant · Steel Plant · 5,992,099 t CO₂
• Jai Balaji Jyoti Steels Sundargarh plant · Steel Plant · 144,977 t CO₂
• Adhunik Metaliks Kuanrmunda steel plant · Steel Plant · 804,997 t CO₂
• Rungta Mines Chaliyama steel plant · Steel Plant · 1,096,782 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 22.14017, 85.41462. View on OpenStreetMap.

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