Lotte Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun

Lotte Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun is a petrochemical in South Korea with a reported capacity of 1,230,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Lotte Chemical Corp. By capacity it ranks #5 of 11 petrochemical plants tracked in South Korea. It emits about 1,668,141 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 388,844 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731977.

文脈内で：この施設がどのように比較されるか

1,230,000 t of ethyleneで、Lotte Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun はSouth Koreaのpetrochemicalの中央値約 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 1,668,141 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 Lotte Chemical Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Lotte Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), 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

The #5 largest of 11 petrochemical plants in South Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• LG Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 2,712,425 t CO₂
• Yeochon NCC, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 3,098,945 t CO₂
• GS Caltex Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 1,017,159 t CO₂
• GS-Caltex Yeosu Refinery · Refinery · 8,882,869 t CO₂
• POSCO Gwangyang steel plant · Steel Plant · 34,799,208 t CO₂
• SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel plant · Steel Plant · 70,607 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.82723, 127.67394. View on OpenStreetMap.

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