Hirakud aluminium plant

Hirakud aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in India with a reported capacity of 192,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Hindalco Industries Ltd. By capacity it ranks #14 of 20 aluminium smelters tracked in India. It emits about 371,225 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 86,533 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 7% below the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673077.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 192,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Hirakud aluminium plant é abaixo de a mediana de aluminium smelter em India (360,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 7% abaixo de a mediana de aluminium smelter. Subsetor: aluminum. Como aluminium smelter, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 600–900°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 fundições de alumínio usam grandes correntes elétricas para refinar alumina em alumínio fundido acima de 900°C, e o metal quente deve fluir através de cadinhos e equipamentos de fundição.

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 371,225 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 aluminium smelters in India

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

Operator

Operated by Hindalco Industries Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Hirakud aluminium plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 21.5°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 #14 largest of 20 aluminium smelters in India by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Shyam Metalics Sambalpur Steel Plant · Steel Plant · 2,702,560 t CO₂
• Lapanga aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 696,046 t CO₂
• JSW BPSL Jharsuguda steel plant · Steel Plant · 8,032,381 t CO₂
• Jharsuguda District · Aluminium Smelter · 580,273 t CO₂
• Jharsuguda aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 3,335,222 t CO₂
• ACC Bargarh Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 597,035 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 21.53283, 83.90678. View on OpenStreetMap.

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