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The invention relates to a high-efficient logistic scheduling system and method. The high-efficient logistic scheduling method comprises the following steps: a vehicle scheduling center confirms a vehicle, which meets information characteristic elements of cargos to be scheduled according to information of cargos to be scheduled, as a scheduling object; the vehicle scheduling center confirms a corresponding scheduling strategy according to the information of cargos to be scheduled so as to generate scheduling information; the vehicle scheduling center sends the scheduling information to a wireless vehicle terminal through a wireless communication module; the wireless vehicle terminal receives the scheduling information, and sends a reply of a driver to the vehicle scheduling center; and after a positive reply is received from the wireless vehicle terminal, the vehicle scheduling center sends the characteristic information of the present scheduling task undertaker to a client. The vehicle scheduling system disclosed by the invention comprises the vehicle scheduling center and the wireless vehicle terminal. By adoption of the high-efficient logistic scheduling system and method disclosed by the invention, the vehicle scheduling center can plan an optimal driving path and an optimal cargo loading vehicle, so that the transportation efficiency is improved, and the transportation cost is reduced.

A logistics distribution control method with soft time windows includes the following steps: (A1) a network model is built, cost resistances are assigned to roads to which network data are concentrated, and taking road nodes into consideration, toll weights are assigned to road traffic light intersections and toll stations; (A2) an optimized vehicle routing model with soft time windows (VRPTW) is built, a target function is established with lowest transportation costs, and the transportation costs are respectively composed of fixed distribution vehicle cost, transportation cost, vehicle waiting cost and delay cost; (A3) a fuzzy clustering analysis algorithm is designed, and a method based on the integration of quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis is adopted for clustering; (A4) a heuristic optimized vehicle routing algorithm is designed, the optimized vehicle routing algorithm is adopted for distribution target nodes in each class, and thereby a distribution result can be obtained. The logistics distribution control method with soft time windows adopts the distances of actual delivery road network routes between distribution nodes as a calculation basis and also takes the actual traffic capacities of roads, large network node number and transportation time needed by distribution nodes into consideration.

In an economical and efficient process and apparatus for producing biofuel from waste oil, such as vegetable oils and animal fats, waste oil is esterified with alcohols to produce alcohol esters and the by-products of the transesterification reaction are recovered. Static pressure may be used as well as continuous flow-through reaction vessels and separation tanks without the need for additional pumps. There may also be specialized reaction tanks that have vertical rotating feed tubes having separators and inlet and outlet openings. The method and device achieves efficient production of biofuel while employing reaction and mixing tanks having a limited size, which in turn permits a smaller plant layout or “footprint”. For example, the largest tank may be in a size of about 36 / 100,000 times the desired plant output in gallons per year. The benefits of the process and apparatus include minimal space for a plant; minimal on-site feedstock needed therefore minimal on-site storage is needed; minimal capital costs to build a plant e.g., reduction by about fifty to sixty five percent (50 to 65%); reduction in construction time from typically over one year to under three months in many plants; minimal energy usage, e.g., reduction by about sixty percent (60%); minimal labor costs due to the automatic continuous flow; minimal pumps needed thereby reducing pump operation and maintenance costs; environmentally friendlier and safer plant design; and due to smaller plant footprint, lower capital cost and minimal construction time enables site selection much nearer to the raw material supplies, thereby minimizing or even eliminating transportation costs for yellow grease or vegetable oil.

A water-based cleaner is prepared by surfactant primary washing part, alkaline auxiliary washing part, solvent part, preservative and water; wherein the surfactant primary washing part is compounded by anion and nonionic surfactant; the alkaline auxiliary agent part selects trolamine, sodium metasilicate pentahydrate which has dispersive action on dirt and EDTA disodium which has chelation on metallic ions, and excludes phosphate accessory aid which pollutes water quality. The solvent part selectes alcohol, glycol ether or natural orange oil extract D-limonene which have good safety performance, strong solvency and little environmental pollution. The preservative selects food grade preservative propylparaben which is safe and nontoxic. The invention adopts concentrate formula, the preparation method is simple, users can dilute the product according to object to be washed and the degree of dirt, and operate with reasonable using concentration, thus avoiding the waste of washing cost due to excessive concentration and the waste of energy. The inventive water-based cleaner reduces package cost and transportation cost, and has no adverse effect on the environment.

Compositions, methods and business applications of using new and recycled cardboard infused with a plurality of saprophytic (including endophytic) and mycorrhizal fungi matched with seeds of plants (including trees, vegetables, herbs and grasses) whereby the cardboard can be sprouted by end-users to start ecosystems. Such containers may have carbon-credit value for companies and consumers when planted and grown as a carbon sink or carbon offset for the photosynthetic and mycelial sequestration of carbon dioxide. The relative weight of the Life Box's added seeds and spores does not significantly affect the total weight of the infused cardboard, thus not increasing transportation costs.

The present invention provides modular and distributed methods and systems to convert biomass feedstocks into synthesis gas (syngas). The syngas can then be turned into liquid chemicals and fuels such as ethanol. The modular units of the invention bring the conversion process to the biomass source, thereby minimizing feedstock transportation costs. The modules are capable of being connected to, and / or disconnected from, each other to easily adjust the overall feedstock capacity. The present invention also provides methods and systems to determine an optimal number and distribution of modular conversion units spatially located within a region of land. The disclosed methods and systems are flexible, efficient, scalable, and are capable of being cost-effective at any commercial scale of operation.

The present invention is a force resisting assembly, and can be constructed into a pallet or dunnage support made from paperboard that minimizes adverse environmental impact, occupies little space before it is configured, and effectively saves production, storage and transportation costs. The present paperboard assembly can be shipped and stored as either one or more die-cut and scored paperboard pieces, thereby eliminating excess volume, with the pieces being readily interconnectable to form a complete pallet or dunnage support assembly. Preferably, the paperboard of the present invention further has a low moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR), excellent glueability and recyclability.

A computer-implemented method for analyzing package performance in a materials handling facility may include calculating an expected shipping cost for an item package and an actual shipping cost for the item package to determine excess shipping costs due to shipping item packages in the wrong container. The expected shipping cost may be the sum of the transportation cost and shipping materials cost when the item package is shipped in a recommended container. The actual shipping cost may be the sum of the transportation cost and shipping materials cost when the item is shipped in another container. The shipping materials costs may include the costs of the containers themselves and any non-item contents in the containers. A package performance analyzer may be configured to calculate excess shipping costs, generate various package performance reports according to received report parameters, and recommend corrective actions, including changing the available container types or providing training.

The present invention relates to a detachable air filter cartridge. The detachable air filter cartridge comprises an upper cover and a lower cover. An inner steel plate mesh and an outer steel plate mesh are arranged between the upper cover and the lower cover. A filter core is arranged between the inner steel plate mesh and the outer steel plate mesh. The detachable air filter cartridge is characterized in that: the inner edge of the upper cover is provided with an inner flanging; the outer edge of the upper cover is provided with an outer flanging; the inner side of the inner flanging is symmetrically provided with at least two locking lugs; the center of the lower cover is provided with a spherical projection; the spherical projection on the lower cover is connected with locking screws; an upper sealing gasket is arranged between the upper cover and the filter core; an lower sealing gasket is arranged between the lower cover and the filter core; the upper cover and the lower cover compress the upper sealing gasket and the lower sealing gasket on both ends of the filter core, the inner steel plate mesh and the outer steel plate mesh by the locking screws and the locking lugs. With the present invention, the detachable structure is adopted, such that the structure is simple, and the installation and the operation are convenient and rapid; only the filter core is required to replace after using, the other parts can be reused, such that the processing cost and the material cost are saved, and the resource waste is reduced; at the same time, the filter core can be transported after folding so as to reduce the transportation cost.

The invention belongs to the field of biofertilizer and relates to a biological organic-inorganic composite fertilizer and a production method thereof. The production method comprises the following steps: mixing a fermented Paenibacillus pabuli bacteria solution accounting for 65wt%-80wt% and a silicate bacteria solution accounting for 20wt%-35wt% to prepare a composite bacteria solution; then directly mixing the composite bacteria solution with organic materials, an inorganic fertilizer and an adhesive to adsorb; and mixing, crushing and screening to prepare the powdery biological organic-inorganic composite fertilizer, or mixing, crushing, granulating, drying and screening to prepare the granular biological organic-inorganic composite fertilizer. By adopting the method, the equipment investment and the equipment maintenance cost can be reduced, the labor and the labor intensity can be reduced, the transportation cost can be reduced and the production cost can be reduced; and the count of effectively live bacteria of single bacterium in the biofertilizer is above one million per gram and the count of total live bacteria is above 20 million per gram.

The invention discloses a processing method and system for path selection. The processing method comprises the steps that a path optimization model is established, wherein the path optimization model comprises objective functions of journey time, objective functions of transportation cost and objective functions of safe-passing probabilities of all road segments; effectiveness conversion is performed on all the objective functions according to the multi-attribute decision theory, and the maximum values and minimum values of the journey time, the transportation cost and the safe-passing probability of all the road segments are respectively figured out; time utility values, transportation cost utility values and safe-passing probability utility values of all the road segments are determined through linear transformation; the time utility value, the transportation cost utility value and the safe-passing probability utility value are respectively converted into corresponding dimensionless values through dimensionless processing; path optimization is converted into a single-attribute decision by performing weighting on all the dimensionless values; a passing path with the maximum decision utility value is found by the adoption of the shortest-path optimization algorithm. According to the processing method and system for the path selection, the process of the path selection is simplified, and the transportation requirement of emergency relief supplies can be fully met.

The invention relates to a dynamic adjustment-based express delivery distribution optimization method. The method includes the following steps that: express delivery dynamic information is obtained in real time, wherein the express delivery dynamic information contains the locating information of express delivery vehicles, goods delivery point information, goods taking point information and real-time traffic information; with minimum total distribution costs adopted as an objective function, a mixed integer programming model is adopted to construct a current distribution path according to the express delivery dynamic information, wherein the minimum total distribution costs contain the transportation costs of the vehicles, the fixed costs of the enabling of the vehicles, additional costs caused by the exceeding of maximum travel and penalty costs caused by the violation of time window constraints; and a simulated annealing hybrid genetic algorithm is adopted to optimize the current distribution path. According to the dynamic adjustment-based express delivery distribution optimization method of the invention, the current distribution path is optimized and dynamically adjusted according to the express delivery dynamic information, and therefore, the speed of express delivery distribution is improved, customer demands can be quickly responded, the distribution costs of an enterprise can be decreased, the utilization rate of the vehicles can be improved, urban traffic congestion can be reduced, and the operation efficiency of express delivery business can be benefitted.

Disclosed herein is the use of differences in x-ray linear absorption coefficients to process ore and remove elements with higher atomic number from elements with lower atomic numbers. Use of this dry method at the mine reduces pollution and transportation costs. One example of said invention is the ejection of inclusions with sulfur, silicates, mercury, arsenic and radioactive elements from coal. This reduces the amount and toxicity of coal ash. It also reduces air emissions and the energy required to clean stack gases from coal combustion. Removal of said ejected elements improves thermal efficiency and reduces the pollution and carbon footprint for electrical production.

The invention discloses a logistics path planning method. The method comprises the steps of setting realistic constraint conditions of a target logistics path; obtaining initial planning path information of target logistics by adopting a saving algorithm; obtaining an optimal solution of the initial planning path by adopting a genetic algorithm; and planning a logistics path according to the optimal solution of the logistics path. The invention also discloses a driver scheduling method. By applying the logistics path planning method, the driver scheduling method comprises the following steps of: obtaining preset driver constraint conditions and planning the driver scheduling according to the genetic algorithm by combining with the obtained optimal logistics path; and generating driver scheduling information. The invention also discloses a logistics path planning device and a driver scheduling device. Through the realistic constraint condition-considered logistics path planning method and driver scheduling method, the established model is more accurate and closer to the actual situation; the operability is stronger; and the transportation cost, the labor cost and the time cost, which are caused by model deviation, of enterprises are reduced.

The invention discloses an order route system. The order route system comprises an application programming interface, an order address resolution unit, an order stock analyzing unit, a delivery analyzing unit and a transportation cost analyzing unit, wherein the application programming interface is used for catching orders submitted by a user; the order address resolution unit is used for resolving information carried by the caught orders; the order stock analyzing unit is used for detecting the available stock numbers of various articles corresponding to the orders in warehouses in real time; the delivery analyzing unit is used for determining delivery platforms meeting the order demands according to delivery address information of the orders and the order distribution ranges; the transportation cost analyzing unit is used for calculating expenditure required by the delivery platforms delivering the articles of the orders one by one for the delivery platforms meeting the order demands. The invention further provides an order route method. The system and method have the advantages of being high in delivery efficiency and accuracy and are suitable for data processing of the large-scale orders.

The present invention provides an intelligent full-automatic logistics conveying system and an application thereof. The system is applied to express and small piece logistics conveyance of each section between cities and within a city. The system is a sealed pipeline; a running track and an electricity transmission track are arranged in the pipeline; a trolley runs on the track; the pipeline consists of a main pipeline and branch pipelines; each branch pipeline is provided with a main freight station; a plurality of branch stations are arranged on the main pipeline; the main freight station and the branch stations are all connected to the main pipeline; and a station identification sensor and a vehicle intelligent identification system are arranged on the running track in the main pipeline and are used for identifying the position of the trolley and controlling the trolley to automatically drive into the main freight station on the branch pipelines or the branch stations on the main pipeline, corresponding to a trolley destination. The intelligent full-automatic logistics conveying system provided by the present invention has far lower cost than automotive transportation, so that the transportation cost is greatly reduced; and the system can run uninterruptedly in all weather for 24 hours securely and reliably to efficiently transport goods at a high speed.

Embodiments are directed to containers for storage and transportation of items such as produce harvested with its roots intact. The containers include a base and lid hingedly connected together on at least one edge, and may be stacked to maximize density for storage so that a shipping receptacle can hold more produce while taking up the same place, allowing for more efficient transportation saving on transportation costs and storage. In addition to saving costs on transportation and storage, the containers maintain the freshness of the produce harvested with its roots intact by keeping away soil, soil debris and moisture from the remaining portions of the produce. When containers are stacked together, a substantially circular recessed center portion on a top surface of the lid of a first container is adapted to receive a substantially circular male protruding center portion one the base of a second, identical container.

The invention discloses a dust suppressant as well as a preparation method, a using method and application thereof, and relates to the technical field of dust suppressants. The dust suppressant is mainly prepared from the following components by weight percent: 0.15-6% of crusting agent, 0.05-5% of co-dispersant, 0-2% of auxiliary materials and the balance of water. The crusting agent is preparedfrom a natural high molecular polymer; the co-dispersant is prepared from a polyoxyethylene type nonionic surfactant. The dust suppressant provided by the invention is environmentally friendly, high in dust suppression efficiency and long in duration time, has higher moisturizing rate and excellent film forming property, has a sustainable dust suppressing effect after the road surface is dry, andalso has the characteristics of being low in transportation cost, convenient and fast to use, and the like. The preparation method and the using method of the dust suppressant are simple and easy to implement; the preparation method is convenient to operate and control, and low in energy consumption and cost, thus being very suitable for industrial production. When in use, the dust suppressant canbe sprayed after being diluted with water, thus being convenient to use and good in effect.

The present invention relates to a logistics delivery route planning method based on geographic positions. The method comprises the steps of obtaining the geographic positions of a delivery center and the demand points, and the shortest distances between the delivery center and the demand points and between any two demand points; according to the geographic positions of the demand points, dividing the demand points into different regions; according to the saved mileages, determining the delivery routes taking the delivery center as the starting and ending point and the demand points as the target points of each region, wherein the saved mileages are the saved shortest actual distances. The logistics delivery route planning method based on the geographic positions firstly divides the demand points of which the straight-line distances are shorter into the regions roughly, then distributes the deliver routes for the demand points of each region according to the actual saved mileages, so that each delivery route is optimal, and further the purpose of reducing the transportation cost is achieved. The present invention also discloses a logistics delivery route planning system based on the geographic positions.

The invention relates to a preparation method of a slow-release solid polycarboxylic acid water reducing agent, which comprises the following steps: pretreating carboxylic acid small monomer containing unsaturated double bond by using amine organic small molecule; and after heating to melt the pretreated unsaturated acrylic small monomer and unsaturated polyethenoxy ether big monomer, dropwisely adding unsaturated ester small monomer to perform mass polymerization reaction under the action of an initiator and a chain-transfer agent in a water-free organic-solvent-free environment. The slow-release solid polycarboxylic acid water reducing agent prepared by the mass polymerization process in the water-free solvent-free environment has the advantages of simple and controllable technique, transportation cost saving, environment friendliness, no pollution and the like, achieves the goal of slow release and keeping the slump for 3-4 hours without loss in concrete, and has wide market application prospects.

The invention belongs to the field of oil transportation, and particularly relates to a crude oil viscosity-breaking pour-point depressant composition, and a preparation method and application thereof. At the temperature of higher than plasticizing temperature of organic pour-point depressant, 0-3% by mass of coupling agent, 0-10% by mass of high-molecular processing assistant, and the balance ofinorganic pour-point depressant and organic pour-point depressant are melted, uniformly mixed and granulated to obtain the crude oil viscosity-breaking pour-point depressant composition. The crude oil viscosity-breaking pour-point depressant composition is uniformly dispersed in a liquid dispersion medium, and proportionally injected into crude oil, so that the crude oil can be transported. The inorganic pour-point depressant and organic pour-point depressant in the crude oil viscosity-breaking pour-point depressant composition have a synergetic effect, and can effectively lower the solidifying point and viscosity of the waxy crude oil, so that the crude oil has favorable fluidity at low temperature and favorable rheologic timeliness, thereby enhancing the crude oil transportation efficiency and safety level and lowering the transportation cost.

The invention relates to a commodity distribution path planning method based on an MoCD algorithm (multi-object constraint algorithm based on Dijkstra algorithm), which includes the following steps of: firstly taking intersections or endpoints of roads as nodes and building a model of an urban road network according to actual urban road conditions; secondly determining commodity price information, and screening manufacturers which accord with commodity sending destinations; then selecting the manufacturers according to the required commodity number and the manufacturer stock quantity, and a supply and demand scheme which has multiple manufacturer combinations so as to satisfy required commodity quantity existing; and finally planning an optimal path by using the Dijkstra algorithm based on manufacture geographic positions and vehicle positions determined in the last step, and using a step by step search method to improve the search efficiency of the invention algorithm. The transport cost is saved, and the vehicle loading rate and the distribution efficiency are improved by planning the optimal path.

The invention discloses a scientific and reasonable method for planting kiwi fruits. The method comprises the steps of field selection and soil preparation, seedling selection, field planting, fertilizer applying, trimming, support erecting, plant disease and insect pest prevention and treatment, picking and the like, wherein the field selection and soil preparation comprise the field selection and the soil preparation, the field selection means the selection of subacidity soil where the transportation is convenient, the underground water level is below 1 meter, the irrigation and drainage conditions are good, and the PH value is 5.5-6.5, and the area where the organic matter is rich, the soil is fertile and loose, and the depth of a soil layer reaches more than 100cm. The soil preparation means that soil deep tillage is carried out, the depth of the soil is not less than 80cm, the soil deep tillage is carried out, meanwhile, the base fertilizer is applied, the bio-organic fertilizer applied in each mu is not less than 800kg, meanwhile, in the soil preparation, hole digging (including furrows) is carried out according to the 4m width, and the depth of the furrow is not less than 80cm. The method is adopted to conduct the field selection and the soil preparation, the kiwi fruits are not limited by the planting area, and the transportation cost is reduced. Meanwhile, the yield of the kiwi fruits can be greatly improved by the adoption of the planting method.

A method and system for comparing cost of shipping options are provided. The method includes determining, with a computer system, based on shipping data input into the computer system, a first shipping cost for shipping the package using a first mail carrier; determining, with the computer system, based on the shipping data, a second shipping cost for shipping the package using a second mail carrier; calculating, with the computer system, a cost difference between the first shipping cost and the second shipping cost; outputting by the computer system the cost difference; and periodically sending the cost difference for shipping the package or a plurality of packages to an individual or organization monitoring shipping costs.

A vehicle dispatch system enables optimal dispatch of a plurality of vehicles with information of available vehicles from transportation company terminals and information of orders from client terminals under restrictive conditions such as vehicle sizes, minimum loading rates, and a maximum number of assignment locations, based on transportation regions preset in consideration of transportation times, past order quantities, and order congestion degrees, such that a relevant vehicle can perform delivery of freight within a predetermined transportation region to minimize a total transportation cost for each transportation region. The system minimizes a delivery distance of each vehicle, increases a loading volume of the vehicle to reduce an empty rate of vehicles, and minimizes the number of dispatched vehicles, thereby reducing the total transportation cost.

The present invention relates to a preparation method for high performance water reducer made from high water reducing solid polycarboxylic acid. The prepartion method specifically comprises the following steps: performing heat fusion on two unsaturated polyoxyethylene ether composite macromonomers with different molecular weights; then dropwise adding a mixed liquid of an unsaturated carboxylic micromonomer, an unsaturated amide micromonomer and a chain transfer agent under the reaction of an initiator; and preparing the water reducer through a free radical polymerization reaction, and after the reaction, using a neutralizing agent to adjust a pH value to 5-6 and then cooling and grinding the water reducer in a solid particulate shape. The preparation method provided by the present invention has advantages of being simple in process, high in conversion rate and environmental-friendly and free of pollution, and has the characteristics of high water reduction and low adulterate amount in concrete and dry-mixed mortar, and the transportation cost in long distance transportation is greatly lowered.

The invention discloses intelligent logistics distribution and delivery based on a discrete particle swarm optimization algorithm and aims at scheduling the path of a transportation vehicle so as to save the transportation cost. A coding mode and an operator based on the set and the probability are introduced on the basis of a framework of a standard particle swarm optimization algorithm, the particle swarm optimization algorithm which is originally suitable for a continuous space can be introduced into a discrete combined optimized space, so that the problem that the path of the vehicle is scheduled is solved and the advantages of high operation efficiency, strong optimization capacity, strong robustness, and the like endowed by the traditional particle swarm algorithm can be maintained. In addition, by using heuristic information to construct the positions of particles and introduce a local operator search, features of the problem and information contained in the data are utilized, and thereby the solving result of the algorithm is further enhanced. By adopting normalization weighting and decision idea to deal with the target, the transportation path is strived to be shortest while the number of transportation vehicles are required to be minimum, therefore, the transportation cost of logistics distribution and delivery businessmen can be reduced to the maximum extent.

The invention discloses a locking mechanism which is used for locking an upper cover of a container on a container side plate. The container comprises a base, the upper cover and side plates, wherein the upper cover is provided with a safe edge. The locking mechanism comprises a locking piece, a driving piece, a resetting piece, lock holes and a groove, wherein the lock holes are formed in the outer side of at least one side plate, and the groove is formed in the upper cover; one end of the locking piece is arranged in the groove, and the other end of the locking piece is provided with a lock head; the lock head penetrates through the safe edge and can extend into one of the lock holes along a direction vertical to the corresponding side plate, so that the upper cover is locked to the corresponding side plate; the driving piece is arranged in the groove and is used for driving the locking piece to perform unlocking, and the resetting piece is arranged in the groove and is used for resetting the driving piece after unlocking is finished. According to the container and the locking mechanism, the transportation cost and the storage cost can be lowered and the labor intensity of operators is alleviated.

The invention relates to a wind collecting vertical type wind power generating system which comprises a wind power system, a vertical type speed increaser, a vertical type generator and an excitation grid-connected control system, wherein the wind power system is connected with the speed increaser and the generator by a chain coupling; the generator is controlled by the excitation grid-connected control system; the wind power system is in a box frame structure and comprises a fan blade system and a wind collecting and protecting system; the upper end and the lower end of a box frame are respectively provided with an upper shed top and a lower shed plate; the wind collecting and protecting system comprises a plurality of wind collecting plates which are distributed at four sides of the box frame and hydraulic drive equipment; the upper shed top, the lower shed plate and the wind collecting plates are connected to form a wind tunnel box type wind collecting body; the generator works in a multi-winding pole-changing control way; and the generator and the speed increaser are installed on the ground. The invention has the advantages of small size, low installation, maintenance and transportation cost, high wind power utilization ratio and wind field land utilization ratio, stable performance, high storm wind resistance and favorable power generating quality and grid-connected performance, can form a high-power wind power generator unit system and is suitable for various weather and geographic environments.