Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant

Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in China with a reported capacity of 400,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Qinghai Baihe Aluminium Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #67 of 141 aluminium smelters tracked in China. It emits about 850,055 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 198,148 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3672992.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

400,000 t of alumina/aluminum'de, Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant China'daki aluminium smelter'lerin medyanı yaklaşık 372,000 t of alumina/aluminum'dir. Kapasite başına CO₂'si aluminium smelter'nin medyanı üstünde kabaca 16%'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 850,055 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 China

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

Operator

Operated by Qinghai Baihe Aluminium Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant sits in a monsoon warm-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwb), at 36.6°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 #67 largest of 141 aluminium smelters in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Xibu aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 456,631 t CO₂
• Qinghai Xinye aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,168,826 t CO₂
• Xining, Qinghai (Wuchan Industry) aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 182,652 t CO₂
• Xining Special Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 1,540,950 t CO₂
• Qinghai Xining aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,434,468 t CO₂
• Qinghai Wanrong Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.61733, 101.7762. View on OpenStreetMap.

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