Tuticorin Chemical Complex — India

Tuticorin Chemical Complex is a chemical plant in India. Its listed capacity is 163,290 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 Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. By capacity it ranks #14 among 22 chemical plants in India. It emits about 64,634 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.01% of the CO₂e from the 297 facilities in India that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 73% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257200.

In context: how this facility compares

At 163,290 t of chemical, Tuticorin Chemical Complex is below the median chemical plant in India (445,500 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 64,634 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 India

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

Operator

Operated by Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Tuticorin Chemical Complex sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 8.7°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 an extreme marine/tropical environment (estimated ISO 9223 class CX — Extreme), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1210 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.93× 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 #14 largest of 22 chemical plants in India by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Tuticorin Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 392,466 t CO₂
• India Cements Sankarnagar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 822,820 t CO₂
• Ramco Cements Ramasamyraja Nagar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,643,573 t CO₂
• Tamilnadu Cements Alangalum Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 158,900 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 8.74118, 78.13674. View on OpenStreetMap. Location shown at industrial-zone / municipality precision (shared source geocode).

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