浅谈21世纪的化学工程

Perspectives on chemical engineering in the 21st century

在参考我国化工界已有战略研究的基础上,进一步分析了当前我国社会经济发展需求和世界科技发展的趋势,指出我国化学工程科学正面临难得的发展机遇,同时也面临多方位的挑战。化学工程作为一个共性的工程学科,既要适应其应用领域的扩展,更要充分利用科学技术发展带来的机遇,扩展深化自身的知识基础,为各种物质转化相关领域提供共性的理论、方法和技术。复杂系统理论的发展、计算技术的进步以及测试技术的提升,为化学工程科学的发展提供了新的动力;经济社会的进步,能源、资源与环境问题的突显以及高技术的发展,大大扩展了化学工程服务的领域。我们应当抓住这一机遇,适应这一变化,为解决能源、资源和环境等领域的瓶颈问题,推动高技术的发展做出贡献,开创化学工程新的发展阶段。

Based on recent strategic studies of the Chinese chemical engineering community and analysis on the requirements from developing society and economy in China and the frontiers of science ＆ technology in the world,this paper emphasized the opportunities and the challenges for chemical engineering science.As a common engineering science,chemical engineering must extend its applications to cope with the changing economy and society while upgrading its knowledge base.It is believed that the emergence of the complexity science,the progress in computer technology and computational science and the upgrade of experimental capability have generated new driving forces for chemical engineering science to open a new paradigm.Simultaneously,the changes in society and economy,the challenges in energy,resources and environment and the progresses in many high-tech fields have significantly extended the applicable domain for chemical engineering.The chemical engineering community must follow the tide of transdisciplinarity and convergency for science and technology to adapt the changing world and to contribute to the coming new era of chemical engineering.