Volgograd aluminium plant

Volgograd aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in Russian Federation with a reported capacity of 70,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by United Company RUSAL PJSC. By capacity it ranks #14 of 17 aluminium smelters tracked in Russian Federation. It emits about 159,256 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 37,123 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 9% above the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673129.

В контексте: как это предприятие сравнивается

На мощности 70,000 t of alumina/aluminum Volgograd aluminium plant — это ниже медианная aluminium smelter в Russian Federation (300,000 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.

What 159,256 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 aluminium smelters in Russian Federation

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

Operator

Operated by United Company RUSAL PJSC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Volgograd aluminium plant sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfa), at 48.8°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 #14 largest of 17 aluminium smelters in Russian Federation by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• VMK Red October steel plant · Steel Plant · 29,505 t CO₂
• Volzhsky Pipe Plant · Steel Plant · 179,331 t CO₂
• Volgograd Refinery · Refinery
• LUKOIL Volgograd Refinery · Refinery · 3,366,582 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 48.83214, 44.59503. View on OpenStreetMap.

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