Topy Industries Toyohashi steel plant

Topy Industries Toyohashi steel plant is a steel plant in Japan with a reported capacity of 960,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Topy Industries Ltd. By capacity it ranks #20 of 40 steel plants tracked in Japan. It emits about 55,519 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 12,941 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-1566934.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 960,000 t of steel, Topy Industries Toyohashi steel plant è attorno a la mediana di steel plant in Japan (973,658 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 55,519 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 Japan

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

Operator

Operated by Topy Industries Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Topy Industries Toyohashi steel plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 34.7°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 #20 largest of 40 steel plants in Japan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Tokyo Steel Tahara plant · Steel Plant · 150,365 t CO₂
• Aichi Steel Chita Plant (Tokai) · Steel Plant · 86,460 t CO₂
• Idemitsu Kosan Aichi Refinery · Refinery · 1,454,624 t CO₂
• Daido Steel Chita plant (Tokai) · Steel Plant · 86,749 t CO₂
• Nippon Nagoya steel plant · Steel Plant · 6,948,397 t CO₂
• Kyoei Steel Nagoya Division (Tokai) · Steel Plant · 73,158 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.72216, 137.3218. View on OpenStreetMap.

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