Steel Plant in United States. Approximate location 35.30712, -94.37341.
Steel PlantUnited StatesCO₂ reported
Gerdau Fort Smith steel plant is a steel plant in United States with a reported capacity of 505,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. By capacity it ranks #69 of 75 steel plants tracked in United States. It emits about 72,700 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 16,946 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 73% below the median steel plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567156.
На мощности 505,000 t of steel Gerdau Fort Smith steel plant — это ниже медианная steel plant в United States (1,000,000 t of steel). Его выброс CO₂ на единицу мощности примерно на 28% выше медианной steel plant. 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.
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 steel), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. All facilities by this operator →
Gerdau Fort Smith steel plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 35.3°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #69 largest of 75 steel plants in United States by reported capacity.
Coordinates 35.30712, -94.37341. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Gerdau Fort Smith steel plant is a steel plant in United States. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).
Gerdau Fort Smith steel plant has a reported capacity of 505,000 t of steel.
Gerdau Fort Smith steel plant emits about 72,700 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 16,946 cars. That ranks #795 among tracked facilities in United States.
Gerdau Fort Smith steel plant is in United States, near coordinates 35.30712, -94.37341.
Gerdau Fort Smith steel plant is operated by Gerdau Ameristeel Corp.