Mitsubishi Chemical Kashima, Kashima (Unit 2)

Mitsubishi Chemical Kashima, Kashima (Unit 2) is a petrochemical in Japan with a reported capacity of 485,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. By capacity it ranks #8 of 12 petrochemical plants tracked in Japan. It emits about 681,894 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 158,950 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 5% above the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731954.

文脈内で：この施設がどのように比較されるか

485,000 t of ethyleneで、Mitsubishi Chemical Kashima, Kashima (Unit 2)はJapanのpetrochemicalの中央値約 493,000 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 681,894 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 Japan

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

Operator

Operated by Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Mitsubishi Chemical Kashima, Kashima (Unit 2) sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 35.9°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 #8 largest of 12 petrochemical plants in Japan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• ENEOS Kashima Refinery · Refinery · 1,640,471 t CO₂
• Nippon East Japan Works (Kashima) steel plant · Steel Plant · 9,268,493 t CO₂
• JFE Bars & Shapes Kashima Works steel plant · Steel Plant · 41,639 t CO₂
• JPN-Kashima_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 38,822 t CO₂
• Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co. Ltd - Katsuta Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 52,624 t CO₂
• JFE East Japan Works (Chiba) steel plant · Steel Plant · 5,434,534 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 35.90316, 140.68895. View on OpenStreetMap.

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