Steel Plant in United States. Approximate location 38.72464, -85.07655.
Steel PlantUnited StatesCO₂ reported
North American Stainless Ghent steel plant is a steel plant in United States with a reported capacity of 1,600,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by North American Stainless Inc. By capacity it ranks #23 of 75 steel plants tracked in United States. It emits about 88,804 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 20,700 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 90% below the median steel plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567117.
Przy 1,600,000 t of steel, North American Stainless Ghent steel plant jest znacznie powyżej medianę steel plant w United States (1,000,000 t of steel). Jego CO₂ na jednostkę pojemności wynosi w przybliżeniu 50% poniżej medianę steel plant. Podsektor: iron-and-steel. Jako steel plant, wymaga intensywnego ciepła procesowego (typowo 800–1500°C) do swoich głównych operacji przemysłowych — ciepła, które musi być dostarczane przez kotły, piece lub spalanie bezpośrednie, a straty przez nieisolowane zbiorniki i rury stanowią zmarnowane paliwo. Modułowa izolacja demontowalna może zmniejszyć te straty o 80–96%, chłodząc powierzchnie do ≤45°C, z zwrotem inwestycji często poniżej 2 lat. Huty stali spalają węgiel w piecach wielkich lub używają łuków elektrycznych do topienia złomu; w obu przypadkach metal w stanie płynnym musi być utrzymywany powyżej 1.500°C i przenoszony przez rozległy system gorących rur i zbiorników.
Porównanie pojemności i intensywności CO₂ obliczane na podstawie danych instalacji przemysłowych Climate TRACE; rola sektora oparta na odniesieniau inżynierskim.
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.
Reported capacity (t of steel), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by North American Stainless Inc. All facilities by this operator →
North American Stainless Ghent steel plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 38.7°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #23 largest of 75 steel plants in United States by reported capacity.
Coordinates 38.72464, -85.07655. View on OpenStreetMap.
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North American Stainless Ghent steel plant is a steel plant in United States. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).
North American Stainless Ghent steel plant has a reported capacity of 1,600,000 t of steel.
North American Stainless Ghent steel plant emits about 88,804 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 20,700 cars. That ranks #716 among tracked facilities in United States.
North American Stainless Ghent steel plant is in United States, near coordinates 38.72464, -85.07655.
North American Stainless Ghent steel plant is operated by North American Stainless Inc.