Chemical Engineering and Process Automation: Current Situation Analysis and Trend Forecast

Abstract

The chemical industry is a crucial pillar of the national economy, essential for multiple sectors such as agriculture, healthcare, energy, national defense, and high-tech. It supplies vital materials for agriculture, forms the foundation of the modern pharmaceutical industry, aids in efficient energy utilization and new energy development, supports national defense security, and drives the growth of high-tech industries reliant on chemical innovation. Automation technology precisely controls key production parameters, enhancing efficiency, ensuring product quality stability, reducing safety risks, and guaranteeing continuous production. Simultaneously, it optimizes production processes, cuts energy consumption and waste, enables sustainable development, breaks down information silos, boosts the competitiveness of the chemical industry, and underpins technological progress and social development.