From December 2 to 4, 2024, the "Resource Environment and Eco-Chemical Engineering Discipline Development" seminar, funded by the Special Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and organized by Shanxi University, with Beijing University of Chemical Technology and China University of Petroleum (Beijing) as co-organizers, was grandly held at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology Conference Center. Professor Cheng Fangqin from Shanxi University served as the chairman of the conference, while Professor Song Yufly, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Utilization at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Professor Zhang Xiangping, Dean of the College of Chemical Engineering and Environment at China University of Petroleum (Beijing), and Professor Zhao Huazhang, Dean of the School of Environment and Resources at Shanxi University, served as vice chairmen. Over 100 academicians, experts, and young and middle-aged scholars from the fields of resource chemical engineering, ecological chemical engineering, and environmental chemical engineering gathered together to discuss the development direction of the discipline.
The seminar focused on the themes of "Resource Chemical Engineering: Efficient Separation and Transformation of Resources," "Environmental Chemical Engineering: Intensification of Pollution Reduction and Carbon Emission," and "Eco-Chemical Engineering: Green Low-Carbon Process Reengineering." It concentrated on resource chemical engineering research in areas such as salt lake resources, waste resources, biomass resources, and nuclear resources, as well as hot topics in environmental chemical engineering like complex industrial wastewater treatment, flue gas synergistic enhancement, and solid waste resource utilization. It also explored cutting-edge technologies in eco-chemical engineering, such as carbon cycle utilization, energy-saving and carbon emission reduction in separation processes, and zero-carbon power supply. The conference aimed to enrich the fundamental theories in the field of resource environment and eco-chemical engineering and promote low-carbon efficiency in related industries under the "dual carbon" goals through academic exchange and in-depth discussion.
