Wacker Polysilicon North America, LLC

Wacker Polysilicon North America, LLC is a non-ferrous metals plant in United States with a reported capacity of 1 unitless. It smelts or refines non-ferrous metals. By capacity it ranks #147 of 330 non-ferrous metals plants tracked in United States. It emits about 42,069 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 9,806 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 8% below the median non-ferrous metals plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673563.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

1 unitless'de, Wacker Polysilicon North America, LLC United States'daki non-ferrous metals plant'lerin medyanı yaklaşık 1 unitless'dir. Kapasite başına CO₂'si non-ferrous metals plant'nin medyanı üstünde kabaca 13%'dir. Alt sektör: other-metals. non-ferrous metals plant olarak, temel endüstriyel işlemleri için yoğun proses ısısı (tipik olarak 400–1200°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. Demir dışı metaller fabrikaları, erime noktalarının üzerindeki ocaklar ve potalar içinde metalleri eritir, rafine eder ve dönerler; izolasyon yapılmamış transferlerden ve tutma kaplarından kayıplar önemlidir.

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

What 42,069 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 non-ferrous metals plants in United States

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

Local climate

Wacker Polysilicon North America, LLC sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 35.3°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 #147 largest of 330 non-ferrous metals plants in United States by reported capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 35.29867, -84.80075. View on OpenStreetMap.

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