Yeongam County

Yeongam County is an aluminium smelter in South Korea with a reported capacity of 7,934 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It emits about 16,579 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 3,865 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673102.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 7,934 t of alumina/aluminum, Yeongam County è attorno a la mediana di aluminium smelter in South Korea (7,934 t of alumina/aluminum). Sottosettore: aluminum. Come aluminium smelter, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 600–900°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. Le fonderie di alluminio utilizzano grandi correnti elettriche per raffinare l'allumina in alluminio fuso sopra i 900°C, e il metallo caldo deve fluire attraverso crogioli e attrezzature di fonderia.

Confronto di capacità e intensità di CO₂ calcolato dai dati delle strutture industriali Climate TRACE; ruolo del settore basato su riferimento ingegneristico.

What 16,579 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.

Local climate

Yeongam County sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 34.8°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

• Korea Cement Jangseong Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 906,174 t CO₂
• Yeochon NCC, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 3,098,945 t CO₂
• Lotte Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 1,668,141 t CO₂
• LG Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 2,712,425 t CO₂
• GS Caltex Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 1,017,159 t CO₂
• GS-Caltex Yeosu Refinery · Refinery · 8,882,869 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.79491, 126.61824. View on OpenStreetMap.

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