Aluminium Smelter in Australia. Approximate location -41.12751, 146.86975.
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Bell Bay aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in Australia with a reported capacity of 192,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Rio Tinto Ltd. By capacity it ranks #15 of 15 aluminium smelters tracked in Australia. It emits about 411,661 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 95,958 cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3672941.
На мощности 192,000 t of alumina/aluminum Bell Bay aluminium plant — это ниже медианная aluminium smelter в Australia (974,163 t of alumina/aluminum). Его выброс CO₂ на единицу мощности примерно на 63% выше медианной aluminium smelter. Подсектор: aluminum. Как aluminium smelter, оно требует высокотемпературного технологического тепла (обычно 600–900°C) для основных промышленных операций — тепла, которое должно подаваться котлами, печами или прямым сжиганием, и потери через неизолированные сосуды и трубопроводы представляют потраченное впустую топливо. Съёмная модульная теплоизоляция может снизить эти потери на 80–96%, охладив поверхность оборудования до ≤45°C, с окупаемостью часто менее 2 лет. Алюминиевые плавильни используют большие электрические токи для рафинирования глинозёма в расплавленный алюминий выше 900°C, и расплавленный металл должен течь через тигли и литейное оборудование.
Сравнение производительности и интенсивности CO₂ рассчитано на основе данных промышленных объектов Climate TRACE; роль сектора основана на инженерных справочниках.
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.
Reported capacity (t of alumina/aluminum), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Rio Tinto Ltd. All facilities by this operator →
Bell Bay aluminium plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 41.1°S in the southern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #15 largest of 15 aluminium smelters in Australia by reported capacity.
Coordinates -41.12751, 146.86975. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Bell Bay aluminium plant is a aluminium smelter in Australia. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis.
Bell Bay aluminium plant has a reported capacity of 192,000 t of alumina/aluminum.
Bell Bay aluminium plant emits about 411,661 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 95,958 cars. That ranks #24 among tracked facilities in Australia.
Bell Bay aluminium plant is in Australia, near coordinates -41.12751, 146.86975.
Bell Bay aluminium plant is operated by Rio Tinto Ltd.