The production of bulk organic chemicals has a strong impact on our daily life.In this review,an overview of important industrial processes using homogeneous catalysts is given.Using specific carbonylation and hydroge...The production of bulk organic chemicals has a strong impact on our daily life.In this review,an overview of important industrial processes using homogeneous catalysts is given.Using specific carbonylation and hydrogenation case studies,we want to show how basic research can contribute to the development of such processes and what challenges exist in this area of academic research.展开更多
A liquid chemical spill or leakage at sea pollutes the marine environment,damages natural resources,and harms the health of local residents.To date,there has not been much research that has been devoted to this import...A liquid chemical spill or leakage at sea pollutes the marine environment,damages natural resources,and harms the health of local residents.To date,there has not been much research that has been devoted to this important maritime emergency rescue problem.In this study,we propose a mathematical programming model that considers a single accident site and multiple emergency rescue bases.Various resource constraints,such as volume and weight capacity at the emergency rescue bases,are considered.Rescue funding availability is also integrated into the model.The results from a numerical example show that the model is mathematically valid and practically feasible.The proposed model can be used to provide insightful decision support information to the liquid chemical leakage rescue effort.展开更多
基金the support of the European Research Council(ERC NoNaCat grant no.670986)the Federal Ministry of Education and Research(BMBF)the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
文摘The production of bulk organic chemicals has a strong impact on our daily life.In this review,an overview of important industrial processes using homogeneous catalysts is given.Using specific carbonylation and hydrogenation case studies,we want to show how basic research can contribute to the development of such processes and what challenges exist in this area of academic research.
文摘A liquid chemical spill or leakage at sea pollutes the marine environment,damages natural resources,and harms the health of local residents.To date,there has not been much research that has been devoted to this important maritime emergency rescue problem.In this study,we propose a mathematical programming model that considers a single accident site and multiple emergency rescue bases.Various resource constraints,such as volume and weight capacity at the emergency rescue bases,are considered.Rescue funding availability is also integrated into the model.The results from a numerical example show that the model is mathematically valid and practically feasible.The proposed model can be used to provide insightful decision support information to the liquid chemical leakage rescue effort.