Origin, Formation and Development of Discipline of Chemical Processing Engineering of Forest Products

Abstract: " This paper introduced the origin, formation and development of the discipline of chemical processing engineering of forest products by analyzing the effect of the fundamental disciplines of chemistry, chemical engineering and biology on the scientific theory and technology development in the area of chemical utilization of forestry plant resources in terms of the basic concepts of discipline science in the past more than 100 years. On these basis, we proposed the idea of the modern discipline of chemical processing engineering of forest products, and elucidated that this modern discipline is concerned with a scientific system of theories and technologies on utilization of forest plant resources by two main approaches of chemistry and bio-chemistry aiming to synthesize and prepare biomass-based energy source, chemicals and functional materials. Finally, we discussed the scientific and technological challenges that the modern discipline of chemical processing engineering of forest products is predominantly faced with in the future.