Aluminium Smelter in Iceland. Approximate location 64.04345, -22.0325.
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Straumsvik aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in Iceland with a reported capacity of 200,000 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 #3 of 3 aluminium smelters tracked in Iceland. It emits about 432,548 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 100,827 cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673098.
На мощности 200,000 t of alumina/aluminum Straumsvik aluminium plant — это ниже медианная aluminium smelter в Iceland (320,000 t of alumina/aluminum). 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 →
Straumsvik aluminium plant sits in a subpolar oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfc), at 64.0°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #3 largest of 3 aluminium smelters in Iceland by reported capacity.
Coordinates 64.04345, -22.0325. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Straumsvik aluminium plant is a aluminium smelter in Iceland. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis.
Straumsvik aluminium plant has a reported capacity of 200,000 t of alumina/aluminum.
Straumsvik aluminium plant emits about 432,548 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 100,827 cars. That ranks #4 among tracked facilities in Iceland.
Straumsvik aluminium plant is in Iceland, near coordinates 64.04345, -22.0325.
Straumsvik aluminium plant is operated by Rio Tinto Ltd.