KSRM Sitakunda steel plant

KSRM Sitakunda steel plant is a steel plant in Bangladesh with a reported capacity of 800,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by KSRM Steel Plant Ltd. By capacity it ranks #5 of 5 steel plants tracked in Bangladesh. It emits about 42,971 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 10,017 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 90% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566439.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

800,000 t of steel'de, KSRM Sitakunda steel plant Bangladesh'daki steel plant'lerin medyanı altında 1,400,000 t of steel'dir. Kapasite başına CO₂'si steel plant'nin medyanı altında kabaca 83%'dir. Alt sektör: iron-and-steel. steel plant olarak, temel endüstriyel işlemleri için yoğun proses ısısı (tipik olarak 800–1500°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. Çelik fabrikaları yüksek ocaklarda kömür yakar veya hurda ergitmek için elektrik ark kullanır; her iki durumda da eritilmiş metal 1.500°C'nin üstünde tutulmalı ve geniş sıcak borular ve kaplar aracılığıyla aktarılmalıdır.

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

What 42,971 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 steel plants in Bangladesh

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

Operator

Operated by KSRM Steel Plant Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

KSRM Sitakunda steel plant sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 22.5°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 5 steel plants in Bangladesh by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• GPH Steel Sitakunda plant · Steel Plant · 333,972 t CO₂
• Abul Khair Steel Sitakunda plant · Steel Plant · 254,428 t CO₂
• Unitex Spinning Ltd. · Textiles · 546 t CO₂
• Unitex Composite Mills Ltd. · Textiles · 546 t CO₂
• Infinia Synthetic Fiber Limited. · Textiles · 546 t CO₂
• Infinia Spinning Mills Ltd. · Textiles · 546 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 22.50575, 91.71393. View on OpenStreetMap.

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