Research Challenges for Life Cycle Integration of Chemical Product Design

The state of the art of the chemical process industry and the trend of chemical engineering research are investigated and analyzed in this paper. Based on the analysis, extending the study scope of chemical system engineering research is discussed. Regarding the micro level, the research concentrates on product design based on molecular simulation; while at the macro level, the study is focused on process modeling. Consequently, the life cycle integration of chemical product design is analyzed, the opportunities and challenges of the process system engineering research are put forward.