Co-Production of Dimethyl Carbonate,Dimethoxymethane and Dimethyl Ether from Methanol: Process Design and Exergy Analysis

Dimethyl carbonate is an important green chemical that has been widely used in the chemical industry. In the production of dimethyl carbonate, methanol oxidative carbonylation has been studied, but the conversion ratio of dimethyl carbonate using this method is too low, and the subsequent separation requires a large amount of energy due to methanol and dimethyl carbonate being azeotrope. In this paper, the strategy of “reaction instead of separation” is proposed. Based on this strategy, a novel process is developed to combine the production of DMC with that of dimethoxymethane (DMM) and dimethyl ether (DME). The co-production process was simulated using Aspen Plus software, and the product purity was up to 99.9%. The exergy analysis of the co-production process and the existing process was carried out. The exergy destruction and exergy efficiency were compared with those of the existing production processes. The results show that the exergy destruction of the co-production process is about 276% less than that of the single-production processes, and the exergy efficiencies in the developed co-production process are significantly improved. The utility loads of the co-production process are significantly lower than that of the single-production process. The developed co-production process increases the methanol conversion ratio to 95%, with a reduced energy requirement. It is proved that the developed co-production process can provide an advantageous option over the existing processes with improved energy efficiency and material savings. The strategy of “reaction instead of separation” is feasible. A new strategy is proposed for azeotrope separation.     

Metabolites Identification and Mechanism Prediction of Neobavaisoflavone In Vitro and In Vivo of Rats through UHPLC-Q-Exactive Plus Orbitrap MS Integrated Network Pharmacology

Neobavaisoflavone is an important isoflavone component isolated from Psoraleae Fructus. It is used extensively worldwide because of its antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and anti-osteoporotic activities. However, there is no systematic and comprehensive research on the metabolism of neobavaisoflavone in vivo and in vitro. The study aimed to analyze the metabolic characteristics and mechanism of neobavaisoflavone for the first time. Firstly, biological samples were pretreated by the solid-phase extraction (SPE) method, methanol precipitation, and acetonitrile precipitation. Secondly, the samples were analyzed on UHPLC-Q-Exactive Plus Orbitrap MS. Thirdly, metabolites were tentatively identified based on retention time, parallel reaction monitoring strategy, diagnostic product ions, and neutral loss fragments. A total of 72 metabolites of neobavaisoflavone were tentatively identified, including 28 in plasma, 43 in urine, 18 in feces, six in the liver, and four in the liver microsome. The results suggested that neobavaisoflavone mainly underwent glucuronidation, sulfation, hydroxylation, methylation, cyclization, hydration, and their composite reactions in vivo and in vitro. In addition, nine active components with high bioavailability and 191 corresponding targets were predicted by the Swiss Drug Design database. The 1806 items of GO and 183 KEGG signaling pathways were enriched. These results showed that metabolites expanded the potential effects of neobavaisoflavone. The present study would provide the scientific basis for the further exploitation and application of neobavaisoflavone.     

MAX+Plus与数字电路教学

MAX PlusⅡ是美国Altera公司为开发其编程逻辑器件而推出的工具软件,可以完成从门级到系统级的逻辑芯片的设计,是典型的逻辑设计与综合工具.将MAX PlusⅡ用于课堂教学中,可以起到事半功倍的效果,作图快捷,修改方便,仿真结果直观具体,提高课堂讲授效率,将抽象的逻辑教学形象化和直观化.简要介绍了电子设计自动化(EDA)的理念和工具MAX Plus及其在普通数字电路教学中的应用,并以设计一个有使能控制端的半加器为例,说明MAX PlusⅡ的设计、仿真过程,以期得到融传统教学方式和现代化设计理念为一体的教学效果.     

Determination of halogenated flame retardants by liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry

We present an overview of current analytical methods for selected halogenated flame retardants (HFRs), focusing on instrumental determination using liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. We based the strategy for literature search on recent articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals or conference proceedings. We report on selected HFRs and some metabolites and transformation products, and on the analytical performances of different ionization modes, with emphasis on selectivity and sensitivity. Moreover, we compare these parameters with those obtained by gas chromatography.     

On the definable ideal generated by the plus cupping c.e. degrees

In this paper, we will prove that the plus cupping degrees generate a definable ideal on c.e. degrees different from other ones known so far, thus answering a question asked by Li and Yang (Proceedings of the 7th and the 8th Asian Logic Conferences. World Scientific Press, Singapore, 2003).     

Application of Gaussian quadrature method to characterize heavy ends of hydrocarbon fluids for modeling wax precipitation

The hydrocarbon plus fractions that comprise a significant portion of naturally occurring hydrocarbon fluids create major problems when determining the thermodynamic properties and the volumetric behavior of these fluids by equations of state. These problems arise due to the difficulty of properly characterizing the plus fractions (heavy ends). Proper characterization of the heavier components is important when cubic equations of state and/or solid formation thermodynamic models are used to describe complex phase behavior of reservoir fluids. The effect of heavy fractions characterization on thermodynamic modeling of wax precipitation has been investigated using different models including Won, Pan and proposed models. In order to characterize the plus fraction (heavier part) as a series of pseudocomponents, a probability model that expresses the mole fraction as a continuous function of the molecular weight has been used. The study has been conducted using several mixtures. Two different SCN (single carbon number), C₇₊${\text{C}}_{7^{+}}$ and C₁₀₊${\text{C}}_{{10}^{+}}$ were chosen. The Chosen SCN were distributed to multi-components of five, six, and/or ten using continuous function and Gaussian quadrature method. The results showed that the fractioning is required to be able to predict wax precipitation. Distribution of C₁₀₊${\text{C}}_{{10}^{+}}$ using a proper distribution function has shown improvement in predictions of WAT and the amount of wax deposited in comparison with the characterization of C₇₊${\text{C}}_{7^{+}}$ using semi-continuous approach. In predicting of WAT and the amount of wax build up the developed model showed superiority over the others.     

出租车计价器的FPGA设计

介绍一种出租车计价器的功能要求及其设计方案。在软件Max＋PlusⅡ中给出具体设计过程,采用层次化设计方法,对主要电路模块和整个系统进行了仿真验证,实现预定的逻辑功能。该设计具有集成度高、设计周期短、易于修改的特点。     

基于Aspen Plus耦合生命周期评价的科研案例在环境工程原理教学中的应用

将化工流程模拟Aspen Plus软件与环境影响评估领域常用的生命周期评价(LCA)进行集成应用,围绕环境工程原理教学中有关化工过程质量能量衡算与环境污染防治内容的协同应用与拓展,构建化工流程模拟-环境风险评估科研案例“苯酐生产流程模拟及环境风险研究”,并将其作为环境工程原理的综合教学案例。教学实践经验表明,通过引入工程相关综合教学案例,不仅使得抽象的理论知识更加生动具体,而且在深化学生对课程理论知识理解的同时,提高学生应用专业知识分析和解决化工生产环境污染工程问题的综合能力和素质,为学生将来步入相关领域工作奠定扎实的基础。     

基于MUX的PSK调制系统设计

载波的两种相位随二进制数字基带信号离散变化称为二进制移相键控（2PSK）。对BPSK和DPSK调制原理研究基础上,讨论了数字化处理2PSK调制系统的模块建立,在Max＋PlusⅡ开发环境中,用VHDL语言设计BPSK和DPSK调制,利用MUX模块完成了PSK调制系统,仿真和验证了其设计功能。     

神华煤液化油窄馏分的临界性质

引入Aspen Plus软件,用COAL LIQ模块计算得到神华煤液化油300℃以前8个窄馏分的临界温度、临界压力、临界体积。同时利用MXXC基团贡献法,以GC MS数据为基准对8个馏分的临界性质进行验证计算。结果表明,计算结果与利用化学结构法测定的基本一致。随馏出温度的提高,馏分临界温度逐渐升高,临界压力先升高再降低,临界体积先减小后增大,转折点出现在180℃~200℃馏分段。通过对化合物的结构分析表明,馏分中大量极性化合物的富集是造成计算数据点转折及跳跃的原因。为验证两种计算方法的一致性,引入斯米尔切诺夫统计检验法进行分析。结果表明,两种方法计算结果的总体分布函数在95%的置信区间内一致,表明对于计算临界性质,Aspen Plus计算方法可以代替基团贡献法估算法。此外,Aspen软件计算简便,其结果可为煤液化反应器的放大及过程优化直接引用。