Shanxi Tongchuan aluminium plant

Shanxi Tongchuan aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in China with a reported capacity of 600,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Shanxi Tongchuan Aluminium Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #46 of 141 aluminium smelters tracked in China. It emits about 1,275,083 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 297,222 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3672973.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 600,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Shanxi Tongchuan aluminium plant é bem acima de a mediana de aluminium smelter em China (372,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 16% acima 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 1,275,083 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 China

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

Operator

Operated by Shanxi Tongchuan Aluminium Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Shanxi Tongchuan aluminium plant sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 35.0°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 #46 largest of 141 aluminium smelters in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Shaanxi Tongchuan Phoenix Building Material Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 670,684 t CO₂
• Shaanxi Yaowangshan Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 364,167 t CO₂
• Tongchuan Hongxin Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂
• Jidong Cement Tongchuan Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,215,407 t CO₂
• Tongchuan Shengwei Building Materials Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,240,953 t CO₂
• Tongchuan Yaobai Special Cement Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,523,797 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.97305, 108.9748. View on OpenStreetMap.

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