Green and Low-Carbon Transformation of China's Chemical and Petrochemical Industry

The chemical and petrochemical industry is one of the pillar industries of the national economy. However, the energy and resource consumption, "three wastes" (i.e., waste gas, waste water, and industrial residue), and carbon emissions of the industry are large. Therefore, it is inevitable...

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Main Authors: Houliang Dai, Jianfeng Chen, Qingtang Yuan, Peicheng Liu
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Published: 《中国工程科学》杂志社 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.engineering.org.cn/sscae/EN/PDF/10.15302/J-SSCAE-2024.06.021
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description The chemical and petrochemical industry is one of the pillar industries of the national economy. However, the energy and resource consumption, "three wastes" (i.e., waste gas, waste water, and industrial residue), and carbon emissions of the industry are large. Therefore, it is inevitable to accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry, thus to achieve high-quality industrial development and strengthen the petrochemical sector. This study analyzes the basic situation of the green and low-carbon transformation of the chemical and petrochemical industry from the perspectives of international consensus, domestic requirements, raw material changes, market constraints, technological evolution, and intelligent transformation. It also sorts out the development status of China's chemical and petrochemical industry from the aspects of industrial scale, industrial structure, resource utilization, pollutant emission, carbon emission, and industrial science and technology, and further reviews the prominent problems that restrict the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry. Moreover, the study proposes the key tasks for the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry, including innovation in green and low-carbon technologies; green transformation of the industrial structure; innovation in environment-friendly products; carbon peaking in key areas; green and low-carbon transformation for energy use; green, low-carbon, and clean production; digital and intelligent transformation; and green production demonstration; this aims to achieve a high-end industrial structure, low-carbon energy consumption, cyclic utilization of resources, clean production processes, green supply of products, and digital production mode. To this end, it is suggested that we should actively and steadily promote the carbon peaking and carbon neutralization goals, achieve carbon peaks in subdivided fields by stages, steadily promote the green transformation of the energy sector, and promote green and low-carbon transformation with active policies, thereby ensuring the green and low-carbon transformation of China's chemical and petrochemical industry.
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spelling doaj-art-0bf3914b2b9c48f78bc30c0cd4ea10d62025-08-20T02:35:32Zzho《中国工程科学》杂志社中国工程科学1009-17422024-12-0126622323210.15302/J-SSCAE-2024.06.021Green and Low-Carbon Transformation of China's Chemical and Petrochemical IndustryHouliang Dai0Jianfeng Chen1Qingtang Yuan2Peicheng Liu31. China National Petroleum Corporation, Beijing 100007, China2. Chinese Academy of Engineering, Beijing 100088, China3. China Petrochemical Corporation, Beijing 100728, China3. China Petrochemical Corporation, Beijing 100728, ChinaThe chemical and petrochemical industry is one of the pillar industries of the national economy. However, the energy and resource consumption, "three wastes" (i.e., waste gas, waste water, and industrial residue), and carbon emissions of the industry are large. Therefore, it is inevitable to accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry, thus to achieve high-quality industrial development and strengthen the petrochemical sector. This study analyzes the basic situation of the green and low-carbon transformation of the chemical and petrochemical industry from the perspectives of international consensus, domestic requirements, raw material changes, market constraints, technological evolution, and intelligent transformation. It also sorts out the development status of China's chemical and petrochemical industry from the aspects of industrial scale, industrial structure, resource utilization, pollutant emission, carbon emission, and industrial science and technology, and further reviews the prominent problems that restrict the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry. Moreover, the study proposes the key tasks for the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry, including innovation in green and low-carbon technologies; green transformation of the industrial structure; innovation in environment-friendly products; carbon peaking in key areas; green and low-carbon transformation for energy use; green, low-carbon, and clean production; digital and intelligent transformation; and green production demonstration; this aims to achieve a high-end industrial structure, low-carbon energy consumption, cyclic utilization of resources, clean production processes, green supply of products, and digital production mode. To this end, it is suggested that we should actively and steadily promote the carbon peaking and carbon neutralization goals, achieve carbon peaks in subdivided fields by stages, steadily promote the green transformation of the energy sector, and promote green and low-carbon transformation with active policies, thereby ensuring the green and low-carbon transformation of China's chemical and petrochemical industry.https://www.engineering.org.cn/sscae/EN/PDF/10.15302/J-SSCAE-2024.06.021chemical and petrochemical industrygreen and low carbontransformation and upgradinghigh-quality developmentcarbon peaking and carbon neutralization
spellingShingle Houliang Dai
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Green and Low-Carbon Transformation of China's Chemical and Petrochemical Industry
中国工程科学
chemical and petrochemical industry
green and low carbon
transformation and upgrading
high-quality development
carbon peaking and carbon neutralization
title Green and Low-Carbon Transformation of China's Chemical and Petrochemical Industry
title_full Green and Low-Carbon Transformation of China's Chemical and Petrochemical Industry
title_fullStr Green and Low-Carbon Transformation of China's Chemical and Petrochemical Industry
title_full_unstemmed Green and Low-Carbon Transformation of China's Chemical and Petrochemical Industry
title_short Green and Low-Carbon Transformation of China's Chemical and Petrochemical Industry
title_sort green and low carbon transformation of china s chemical and petrochemical industry
topic chemical and petrochemical industry
green and low carbon
transformation and upgrading
high-quality development
carbon peaking and carbon neutralization
url https://www.engineering.org.cn/sscae/EN/PDF/10.15302/J-SSCAE-2024.06.021
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