Simec Pindamonhangaba steel plant

Simec Pindamonhangaba steel plant is a steel plant in Brazil with a reported capacity of 500,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by GV do Brasil Industria e Comercio de Aço Ltda. By capacity it ranks #20 of 22 steel plants tracked in Brazil. It emits about 30,762 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 7,171 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-1566463.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 500,000 t of steel, Simec Pindamonhangaba steel plant è al di sotto di la mediana di steel plant in Brazil (1,000,000 t of steel). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 89% al di sotto di la mediana di steel plant. 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 30,762 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 Brazil

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

Operator

Operated by GV do Brasil Industria e Comercio de Aço Ltda. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Simec Pindamonhangaba steel plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 22.9°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #20 largest of 22 steel plants in Brazil by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Gerdau Pindamonhangaba steel plant · Steel Plant · 321,349 t CO₂
• Unavest Confeccoes Industria E Comercio Eireli · Textiles · 302 t CO₂
• Cacapava Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 434,068 t CO₂
• Elaine Cristina Dos Reis Pinto · Textiles · 302 t CO₂
• Petrobras REVAP (Henrique Lage) Sao Jose dos Campos Refinery · Refinery · 3,474,075 t CO₂
• Freudenberg Nao-Tecidos Ltda. · Textiles · 302 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -22.92314, -45.4012. View on OpenStreetMap.

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