Dow Argentina Bahia Blanca Chemical Complex, Bahia Blanca,Buenos Aires

Dow Argentina Bahia Blanca Chemical Complex, Bahia Blanca,Buenos Aires is a petrochemical in Argentina with a reported capacity of 730,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by The Dow Chemical Company . By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 petrochemical plants tracked in Argentina. It emits about 514,922 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 120,028 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 48% below the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-732004.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

730,000 t of ethylene'de, Dow Argentina Bahia Blanca Chemical Complex, Bahia Blanca,Buenos Aires Argentina'daki petrochemical'lerin medyanı yaklaşık 730,000 t of ethylene'dir. Kapasite başına CO₂'si petrochemical'nin medyanı altında kabaca 18%'dir. Alt sektör: petrochemical-steam-cracking. petrochemical olarak, temel endüstriyel işlemleri için yoğun proses ısısı (tipik olarak 300–800°C) gerektirir — kazanlar, fırınlar veya doğrudan yanma ile sağlanması gereken ısı, ve izolasyon yapılmamış kaplar ve boruların kayıpları harcanan yakıtı temsil eder. Modüler çıkarılabilir yalıtım bu kayıpları %80–96 oranında azaltabilir, yüzeyleri ≤45°C'ye soğutabilir, geri ödeme süresi genellikle 2 yıldan azdır. Petrokimya tesisleri, etilen, propilen ve diğer temel kimyasalları üretmek için hidrokarbonları çok yüksek sıcaklıklarda kraker — en ısı yoğun endüstriyel işlemlerden biridir.

Kapasite ve CO₂ yoğunluğu karşılaştırması Climate TRACE endüstriyel tesis verilerinden hesaplanmıştır; sektör rolü mühendislik referansına dayanmaktadır.

What 514,922 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 Argentina

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

Operator

Operated by The Dow Chemical Company .

Local climate

Dow Argentina Bahia Blanca Chemical Complex, Bahia Blanca,Buenos Aires sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 38.8°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #1 largest of 2 petrochemical plants in Argentina by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Trafigura Bahia Blanca Refinery · Refinery · 197,773 t CO₂
• ARG-Bahía Blanca_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 13,804 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -38.76584, -62.29041. View on OpenStreetMap.

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