Hyundai Chemical, Daesan

Hyundai Chemical, Daesan is a petrochemical in South Korea with a reported capacity of 850,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Lotte Chemical Corp. By capacity it ranks #9 of 11 petrochemical plants tracked in South Korea. It emits about 1,152,780 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 268,713 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731978.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 850,000 t of ethylene, Hyundai Chemical, Daesan é abaixo de a mediana de petrochemical em South Korea (1,230,000 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 1,152,780 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 South Korea

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

Operator

Operated by Lotte Chemical Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Hyundai Chemical, Daesan sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 37.0°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 #9 largest of 11 petrochemical plants in South Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Hyundai Oilbank Daesan Refinery · Refinery · 5,778,641 t CO₂
• Hyundai Lotte Daesan Condensate Splitter · Refinery · 895,888 t CO₂
• LG Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan · Petrochemical · 1,763,076 t CO₂
• Lotte Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan · Petrochemical · 1,491,834 t CO₂
• Hanwha Total Condensate Splitter · Refinery · 946,920 t CO₂
• Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical, Daesan · Petrochemical · 2,068,224 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 37.01007, 126.40288. View on OpenStreetMap.

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