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CHN-Tongliao_ammonia

Chemical Plant in China. Approximate location 43.82178, 121.57286.

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CHN-Tongliao_ammonia is a chemical plant in China with a reported capacity of 762,768 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. By capacity it ranks #50 of 157 chemical plants tracked in China. It emits about 2,058,224 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 479,772 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% below the median chemical plant.

762,768t of chemical
2,058,224t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#345CO₂ rank in China
2.70t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-33999118.

文脈内で:この施設がどのように比較されるか

762,768 t of chemicalで、CHN-Tongliao_ammoniaはChinaのchemical plantの中央値はるかに上 483,735 t of chemicalです。 サブセクター:chemicals。 chemical plantとして、その中核的な産業操業に対して激しいプロセス熱(通常100–500°C)が必要です。この熱はボイラー、炉、または直接燃焼によって供給される必要があり、未断熱容器および配管からの損失は無駄な燃料を表します。モジュール式脱着可能な断熱は、これらの損失を80~96%削減でき、表面を≤45°Cに冷却でき、回収期間は通常2年未満です。 化学工場は、広範な工業および特殊化学物質を生産します。多くの物質は反応および分離のための正確な温度制御および持続された熱入力を必要とします。

容量およびCO₂強度の比較はClimate TRACEの産業施設データから計算されました。セクターの役割は工学リファレンスに基づいています。

What 2,058,224 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

479,772cars driven for a year
268,417homes' annual energy use
34,303,733tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest chemical plants in China

China: 24,681,946 t of chemical24.7MChinaGolmud (Qarhan) Chemical Complex: 7,257,480 t of chemical7.3MGolmud (Qa…CHN-Yinchuan_methanol: 5,381,277 t of chemical5.4MCHN-Yinchu…CHN-Cangzhou_ammonia: 3,704,508 t of chemical3.7MCHN-Cangzh…CHN-Ordos_ammonia: 3,534,156 t of chemical3.5MCHN-Ordos_…CHN-Xilin Gol_methanol: 3,250,524 t of chemical3.3MCHN-Xilin …CHN-Yulin_methanol: 3,119,148 t of chemical3.1MCHN-Yulin_…Tangshan (Nanbao) Chemical Complex: 3,084,430 t of chemical3.1MTangshan (…

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

Local climate

CHN-Tongliao_ammonia sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 43.8°N in the northern hemisphere.

~10°Ctypical annual mean
~23°Ctypical warm-season
Cold semi-arid steppe: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #50 largest of 157 chemical plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 43.82178, 121.57286. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A chemical plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: reactors, crackers, distillation columns, heat exchangers, steam lines, valves & flanges (surface/process temperatures around 150–500 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 30,000 MWh/yr (≈ 6,000 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

CBAM. Exporters of cement, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, hydrogen and electricity to the EU face the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — cutting embedded emissions (efficiency + insulation) lowers the levy.

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is CHN-Tongliao_ammonia?

CHN-Tongliao_ammonia is a chemical plant in China. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals.

What is the capacity of CHN-Tongliao_ammonia?

CHN-Tongliao_ammonia has a reported capacity of 762,768 t of chemical.

How much CO₂ does CHN-Tongliao_ammonia emit?

CHN-Tongliao_ammonia emits about 2,058,224 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 479,772 cars. That ranks #345 among tracked facilities in China.

Where is CHN-Tongliao_ammonia located?

CHN-Tongliao_ammonia is in China, near coordinates 43.82178, 121.57286.

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