South Korea

South Korea is a chemical plant in South Korea with a reported capacity of 394,884 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It emits about 130,609 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 30,445 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% below the median chemical plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32267405.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 394,884 t of chemical, South Korea é em torno de a mediana de chemical plant em South Korea (394,884 t of chemical). Subsetor: 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 130,609 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.

Local climate

South Korea sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwa), at 36.4°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Union Corp Cheongju Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 104,036 t CO₂
• Leejo Dyeing&Coating Co.,Ltd · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂
• Saeban Textile Co., Ltd · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂
• Keien South Korea · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂
• Ryu Min Textile · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂
• Shenghong Group Co., Ltd. / New Field Printing & Dying (Jiaxing) Co Ltd. · Textiles · 2,584 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.4276, 127.82132. View on OpenStreetMap.

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