Taiyuan (Qingxu) Chemical Complex — China

Taiyuan (Qingxu) Chemical Complex is a chemical plant in China. Its listed capacity is 362,870 t of chemical. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. It is operated by Yangmei Taihua New Materials. By capacity it ranks #76 among 125 chemical plants in China. It emits about 979,155 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.04% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 87% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257186.

In context: how this facility compares

At 362,870 t of chemical, Taiyuan (Qingxu) Chemical Complex is below the median chemical plant in China (532,416 t of chemical). Subsector: chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 979,155 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

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

Capacity vs largest chemical plants in China

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

Operator

Operated by Yangmei Taihua New Materials.

Local climate

Taiyuan (Qingxu) Chemical Complex sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwa), at 37.6°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1397 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.07× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

The #76 largest of 125 chemical plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd Dongyu Town · Steel Plant · 2,486,496 t CO₂
• Shanxi Guashan Cement Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 291,631 t CO₂
• Jiaocheng County Dongyue Building Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
• Shanxi Jiaan Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
• Lvliang Jianlong Industrial Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 1,824,371 t CO₂
• Jiaocheng County Jingxin Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant

Location

Coordinates 37.57515, 112.27696. View on OpenStreetMap.

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