Ch'ŏngjin Ironworks steel plant

Ch'ŏngjin Ironworks steel plant is a steel plant in North Korea with a reported capacity of 2,000,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Government of North Korea. By capacity it ranks #2 of 4 steel plants tracked in North Korea. It emits about 2,403,184 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 560,183 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 122% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32440876.

В контексте: как это предприятие сравнивается

На мощности 2,000,000 t of steel Ch'ŏngjin Ironworks steel plant — это примерно медианная steel plant в North Korea (2,000,000 t of steel). Подсектор: iron-and-steel. Как steel plant, оно требует высокотемпературного технологического тепла (обычно 800–1500°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. Сталелитейные заводы сжигают уголь в доменных печах или используют электрические дуги для плавления лома; в обоих случаях расплавленный металл должен находиться выше 1500°C и транспортироваться через обширные горячие трубопроводы и сосуды.

Сравнение производительности и интенсивности CO₂ рассчитано на основе данных промышленных объектов Climate TRACE; роль сектора основана на инженерных справочниках.

What 2,403,184 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 steel plants in North Korea

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

Operator

Operated by Government of North Korea. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Ch'ŏngjin Ironworks steel plant sits in a monsoon warm-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwb), at 41.8°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 #2 largest of 4 steel plants in North Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex steel plant · Steel Plant · 8,508,209 t CO₂
• Korea Building Materials Gomusan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 785,982 t CO₂
• Jilin Chenming Paper Co Ltd - Shandong Chenming Paper Group · Pulp & Paper Mill · 258,963 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 41.77878, 129.79427. View on OpenStreetMap.

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