Wagerup Alumina Refinery

Wagerup Alumina Refinery is an aluminium smelter in Australia with a reported capacity of 2,900,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Alcoa Corp. By capacity it ranks #4 of 15 aluminium smelters tracked in Australia. It emits about 3,804,075 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 886,731 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 37% below the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-43765097.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

2,900,000 t of alumina/aluminum'de, Wagerup Alumina Refinery Australia'daki aluminium smelter'lerin medyanı çok üstünde 974,163 t of alumina/aluminum'dir. Alt sektör: aluminum. aluminium smelter olarak, temel endüstriyel işlemleri için yoğun proses ısısı (tipik olarak 600–900°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. Alüminyum eritmeleri, alüminayı 900°C'nin üstündeki eritilmiş alüminyuma rafine etmek için büyük elektrik akımları kullanır ve sıcak metal pota ve dökme ekipmanı aracılığıyla akmalıdır.

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

What 3,804,075 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 Australia

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

Operator

Operated by Alcoa Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Wagerup Alumina Refinery sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 32.9°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 #4 largest of 15 aluminium smelters in Australia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Waroona Shire · Aluminium Smelter · 813,183 t CO₂
• Pinjarra Alcoa Alumina Refinery · Aluminium Smelter · 5,593,000 t CO₂
• Murray Shire · Aluminium Smelter · 1,452,112 t CO₂
• Worsley Alumina Refinery · Aluminium Smelter · 6,165,225 t CO₂
• Collie Shire · Aluminium Smelter · 1,277,859 t CO₂
• Bunbury City · Aluminium Smelter · 1,103,605 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -32.91668, 115.91523. View on OpenStreetMap.

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