Linde Inc, St. Charles Facility

Linde Inc, St. Charles Facility is a chemical plant in United States with a reported capacity of 1 unitless. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. By capacity it ranks #41 of 453 chemical plants tracked in United States. It emits about 937,011 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 218,417 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 79646% above the median chemical plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3674663.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1 unitless, Linde Inc, St. Charles Facility é em torno de a mediana de chemical plant em United States (1 unitless). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 1529% acima de a mediana de chemical plant. Subsetor: other-chemicals. Como chemical plant, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 100–500°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 químicas produzem uma ampla gama de produtos químicos industriais e especializados, muitos requerendo controle preciso de temperatura e entrada de calor sustentada para reações e separações.

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 937,011 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 chemical plants in United States

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

Local climate

Linde Inc, St. Charles Facility sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.0°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 #41 largest of 453 chemical plants in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Shell Norco Refinery · Refinery · 2,264,806 t CO₂
• Valero Refining - New Orleans, L.L.C. · Chemical Plant · 564,087 t CO₂
• Air Products and Chemicals - Norco SMR · Chemical Plant · 934,629 t CO₂
• Valero St. Charles Refinery · Refinery · 2,821,114 t CO₂
• HEXION INC. · Chemical Plant · 3,071 t CO₂
• Shell Chemicals Ltd., Norco, La · Petrochemical · 1,940,576 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 30.00055, -90.39502. View on OpenStreetMap.

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