Digital petrochemical & chemical industry and carbon security
COP28 calls for intensified climate action before the end of this decade to achieve the overarching goal of limiting global temperature rise to within 1.5℃.As a significant source of carbon emissions,the petrochemical industry is recognized as benefitting from digital transformation,which offers novel pathways to reduce carbon emissions and enhance carbon efficiency.The adoption of digital technologies has been progressively unfolding within the petrochemical industry,where the close integration of digitalization and dual carbon strategies has catalyzed the green and efficient development of this sector.This article delved into digitization and carbon safety,analyzing the advantages and challenges of integrating digitization technology with a low-carbon development approach through the lens of its application in the petrochemical industry.The concept of petrochemical carbon chain theory was first proposed,which was an organic integration of digitalization and dual-carbon objectives.It posited that carbon engineering in industrial carbon chains provided a path for the low-carbon development of petrochemicals.This was an integral measure in the implementation of new productivity.The carbon safety of petrochemical industry was analyzed from three dimensions:policy requirements,energy challenges and product exports.
petrochemical & chemical industrydigital transformationcarbon accounting in chemical industry chaincarbon loadindustrial carbon chain theory