BASF-YPC Co. Ltd., Jiangsu, Nanjing

BASF-YPC Co. Ltd., Jiangsu, Nanjing is a petrochemical in China with a reported capacity of 740,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by BASF SE. By capacity it ranks #28 of 41 petrochemical plants tracked in China. It emits about 1,265,292 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 294,940 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 27% above the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648381.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 740,000 t of ethylene, BASF-YPC Co. Ltd., Jiangsu, Nanjing é abaixo de a mediana de petrochemical em China (1,000,000 t of ethylene). Subsetor: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Como petrochemical, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 300–800°C) para suas operações industriais centrais — calor que deve ser fornecido por caldeiras, fornos ou combustão direta, e as perdas através de vasos e tubulações não isolados representam combustível desperdiçado. O isolamento modular removível pode reduzir essas perdas em 80–96%, esfriando superfícies a ≤45°C, com payback geralmente inferior a 2 anos. As plantas petroquímicas craquean hidrocarbonetos em temperaturas muito altas para produzir etileno, propileno e outros produtos químicos básicos — um dos processos industriais mais intensivos em calor.

Comparação de capacidade e intensidade de CO₂ calculada a partir dos dados de instalações industriais Climate TRACE; função do setor baseada em referência de engenharia.

What 1,265,292 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 China

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

Operator

Operated by BASF SE. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

BASF-YPC Co. Ltd., Jiangsu, Nanjing sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 32.2°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 #28 largest of 41 petrochemical plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Nanjing Refinery · Refinery · 3,106,793 t CO₂
• Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical, Jiangsu, Nanjing · Petrochemical · 1,367,883 t CO₂
• Nanjing Iron and Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 15,424,939 t CO₂
• Lenzing (Nanjing) Fibers Co., Ltd. · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Chuangjin · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Sinopec Jinling Petrochemical Nanjing Refinery · Refinery · 4,473,782 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 32.24532, 118.80329. View on OpenStreetMap.

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