Yeongam County

Yeongam County is an aluminium smelter in South Korea with a reported capacity of 7,934 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It emits about 16,579 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 3,865 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673102.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 7,934 t of alumina/aluminum, Yeongam County é em torno de a mediana de aluminium smelter em South Korea (7,934 t of alumina/aluminum). 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 16,579 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

Yeongam County sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 34.8°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Korea Cement Jangseong Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 906,174 t CO₂
• Yeochon NCC, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 3,098,945 t CO₂
• Lotte Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 1,668,141 t CO₂
• LG Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 2,712,425 t CO₂
• GS Caltex Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 1,017,159 t CO₂
• GS-Caltex Yeosu Refinery · Refinery · 8,882,869 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.79491, 126.61824. View on OpenStreetMap.

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