Low-carbon operation technologies and challenges for process industry

The process industry plays a crucial role in national economic development and national defense construction. However, as a typical energy-intensive industry, it is at the forefront of efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Information and communications technology (ICT) is an important means of achieving low-carbon operation in the process industry by strengthening the regulation of carbon flow in the production process. This paper first introduces the relevant research on low-carbon operation of industrial processes, and analyzes and summarizes the current research status and bottleneck. Then, the challenging problems faced by ICT in achieving low-carbon operation in the process industry are analyzed from four aspects: carbon emission sensing, carbon transfer modeling, carbon migration control, as well as low-carbon operation optimization throughout the entire process. Finally, the overall framework and vision for implementing low-carbon operation in the process industry through ICT are presented, and future research directions are proposed in conjunction with industrial artificial intelligence.