NLMK Indiana steel plant

NLMK Indiana steel plant is a steel plant in United States with a reported capacity of 770,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by NLMK Indiana LLC. By capacity it ranks #53 of 75 steel plants tracked in United States. It emits about 141,032 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 32,875 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 66% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567151.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

770,000 t of steel'de, NLMK Indiana steel plant United States'daki steel plant'lerin medyanı altında 1,000,000 t of steel'dir. Kapasite başına CO₂'si steel plant'nin medyanı üstünde kabaca 63%'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 141,032 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 United States

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

Operator

Operated by NLMK Indiana LLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

NLMK Indiana steel plant sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfa), at 41.6°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 #53 largest of 75 steel plants in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• US Steel - Midwest Plant · Metals Plant · 124,454 t CO₂
• Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor steel plant · Steel Plant · 5,655,090 t CO₂
• Dune Ridge Winery Llc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Ruwaldt Packing Co. · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Overgrown Orchard, Llc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• U.S. Steel Gary Works · Steel Plant · 10,875,917 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 41.62633, -87.16004. View on OpenStreetMap.

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