Lotte Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun

Lotte Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun is a petrochemical in South Korea with a reported capacity of 1,230,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Lotte Chemical Corp. By capacity it ranks #5 of 11 petrochemical plants tracked in South Korea. It emits about 1,668,141 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 388,844 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731977.

В контексте: как это предприятие сравнивается

На мощности 1,230,000 t of ethylene Lotte Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun — это примерно медианная petrochemical в South Korea (1,230,000 t of ethylene). Подсектор: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Как petrochemical, оно требует высокотемпературного технологического тепла (обычно 300–800°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. Нефтехимические заводы крекируют углеводороды при очень высоких температурах для производства этилена, пропилена и других базовых химикатов — один из самых теплоёмких промышленных процессов.

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

What 1,668,141 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 petrochemical plants in South Korea

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

Operator

Operated by Lotte Chemical Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Lotte Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), 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

The #5 largest of 11 petrochemical plants in South Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• LG Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 2,712,425 t CO₂
• Yeochon NCC, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 3,098,945 t CO₂
• GS Caltex Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 1,017,159 t CO₂
• GS-Caltex Yeosu Refinery · Refinery · 8,882,869 t CO₂
• POSCO Gwangyang steel plant · Steel Plant · 34,799,208 t CO₂
• SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel plant · Steel Plant · 70,607 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.82723, 127.67394. View on OpenStreetMap.

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