Xining Prefecture City

Xining Prefecture City is an aluminium smelter in China with a reported capacity of 4,563 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. By capacity it ranks #141 of 141 aluminium smelters tracked in China. It emits about 6,191 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,443 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 35% below the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-48193109.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 4,563 t of alumina/aluminum, Xining Prefecture City é abaixo de a mediana de aluminium smelter em China (372,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 26% 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 6,191 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).

Local climate

Xining Prefecture City sits in a monsoon subarctic climate zone (Köppen Dwc), at 36.8°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 #141 largest of 141 aluminium smelters in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Xining Special Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 1,540,950 t CO₂
• Xining, Qinghai (Wuchan Industry) aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 182,652 t CO₂
• Qinghai Qihang Trading Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂
• Qinghai Cement Company Limited Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 247,829 t CO₂
• Qinghai Xining aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,434,468 t CO₂
• Qinghai Xiwang aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,912,624 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.81425, 101.4512. View on OpenStreetMap.

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