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CHN-Liaocheng_ammonia

Chemical Plant in China. Approximate location 36.45796, 115.88172.

Chemical PlantChinaCO₂ reported

CHN-Liaocheng_ammonia is a chemical plant in China with a reported capacity of 765,864 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. By capacity it ranks #49 of 157 chemical plants tracked in China. It emits about 2,066,578 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 481,720 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% below the median chemical plant.

765,864t of chemical
2,066,578t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#340CO₂ rank in China
2.70t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-33998923.

В контексте: как это предприятие сравнивается

На мощности 765,864 t of chemical CHN-Liaocheng_ammonia — это значительно выше медианная chemical plant в China (483,735 t of chemical). Подсектор: chemicals. Как chemical plant, оно требует высокотемпературного технологического тепла (обычно 100–500°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. Химические заводы производят широкий спектр промышленных и специальных химикатов, многие из которых требуют точного контроля температуры и постоянного теплоснабжения для реакций и разделений.

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

What 2,066,578 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

481,720cars driven for a year
269,507homes' annual energy use
34,442,967tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest chemical plants in China

China: 24,681,946 t of chemical24.7MChinaGolmud (Qarhan) Chemical Complex: 7,257,480 t of chemical7.3MGolmud (Qa…CHN-Yinchuan_methanol: 5,381,277 t of chemical5.4MCHN-Yinchu…CHN-Cangzhou_ammonia: 3,704,508 t of chemical3.7MCHN-Cangzh…CHN-Ordos_ammonia: 3,534,156 t of chemical3.5MCHN-Ordos_…CHN-Xilin Gol_methanol: 3,250,524 t of chemical3.3MCHN-Xilin …CHN-Yulin_methanol: 3,119,148 t of chemical3.1MCHN-Yulin_…Tangshan (Nanbao) Chemical Complex: 3,084,430 t of chemical3.1MTangshan (…

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

Local climate

CHN-Liaocheng_ammonia sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 36.5°N in the northern hemisphere.

~19°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season
Humid subtropical (dry winter): four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #49 largest of 157 chemical plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 36.45796, 115.88172. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A chemical plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: reactors, crackers, distillation columns, heat exchangers, steam lines, valves & flanges (surface/process temperatures around 150–500 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 30,000 MWh/yr (≈ 6,000 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

CBAM. Exporters of cement, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, hydrogen and electricity to the EU face the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — cutting embedded emissions (efficiency + insulation) lowers the levy.

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is CHN-Liaocheng_ammonia?

CHN-Liaocheng_ammonia is a chemical plant in China. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals.

What is the capacity of CHN-Liaocheng_ammonia?

CHN-Liaocheng_ammonia has a reported capacity of 765,864 t of chemical.

How much CO₂ does CHN-Liaocheng_ammonia emit?

CHN-Liaocheng_ammonia emits about 2,066,578 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 481,720 cars. That ranks #340 among tracked facilities in China.

Where is CHN-Liaocheng_ammonia located?

CHN-Liaocheng_ammonia is in China, near coordinates 36.45796, 115.88172.

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