KPIC Onsan Plant, Ulsan

KPIC Onsan Plant, Ulsan is a petrochemical in South Korea with a reported capacity of 900,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Korea Petrochemical Industries Corp. By capacity it ranks #7 of 11 petrochemical plants tracked in South Korea. It emits about 1,220,591 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 284,520 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731968.

文脈内で：この施設がどのように比較されるか

900,000 t of ethyleneで、KPIC Onsan Plant, Ulsan はSouth Koreaのpetrochemicalの中央値以下 1,230,000 t of ethyleneです。 サブセクター：petrochemical-steam-cracking。 petrochemical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300–800°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。 石油化学プラントは、エチレン、プロピレンおよび他の基本化学物質を製造するために、非常に高い温度で炭化水素をクラッキングします。最も熱集約的な産業プロセスの1つです。

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 1,220,591 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 petrochemical plants in South Korea

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

Operator

Operated by Korea Petrochemical Industries Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

KPIC Onsan Plant, Ulsan sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 35.5°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 #7 largest of 11 petrochemical plants in South Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• S-Oil Ulsan, Ulsan · Petrochemical
• S-Oil Onsan Refinery · Refinery · 6,196,517 t CO₂
• S-Oil Onsan Condensate Splitter · Refinery · 470,625 t CO₂
• SK geo centric, Ulsan · Petrochemical · 1,166,343 t CO₂
• SK Ulsan Refinery · Refinery · 7,295,436 t CO₂
• Moorim Paper Co. Ltd - Moorim P&P · Pulp & Paper Mill · 135,954 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 35.45455, 129.33899. View on OpenStreetMap.

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