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The purpose of this paper is to describe industrial aspects of combined fleet composition and routing in maritime and road-based transportation, and to present the current status of research in the form of a comprehensive literature review. With a backdrop of industrial aspects, a categorized survey...

...numerous operation and maintenance (O&M) decision support tools and models. These include strategic decision support tools, such as simulation tools for estimating O&M costs and wind farm availability, and operational decision support tools considering problems such as maintenance scheduling and vessel routing...

...the petroleum industry for decades, first being characterized by telephonic contacts between the offshore platforms and the onshore medical support, and today including videoconference and digital medical devices. In this paper we present work drawing on a systemic perspective meaning that the telemedicine...

Design and optimization of Heat Exchanger Networks (HENs) is well established and has been heavily applied in the process industries since its pioneering period in the 1970s and 1980s. While temperature and thermal energy (heat) obviously are key elements in process plants and power stations, pressure...

...purpose of this paper is to introduce and solve a planning problem faced by shipping companies operating in a special segment of tramp shipping called project shipping. Project shipping differs from other more traditional tramp segments because the cargoes are more unique and usually transported on a one-time...

...strength in an aqueous environment as a result of its designed, biphasic morphology and displays many of the qualities required in a PEM. The new ionomer membrane thus shows good proton conductivity (63 mS cm–1 at 80 °C and 100% RH), while retaining mechanical integrity under high temperature, hydrated conditions...

...cells. We have developed a reliable method, using thin gold wires, to measure the interfacial contact resistance between the bipolar plate material and the porous transport layer during fuel cell operation. The ICR values were found to be in the same range as the ICR values measured ex situ after fuel...

The paper describes taxonomies and safety and security challenges posed by the integration of process control systems and information and communication technology (ICT). Taxonomies and safety and security in process control and ICT are explored, to establish a framework to be used. A description of key...

...measurement techniques to improve the accuracy and robustness of the results. Here, batch methods, including dynamic light scattering (DLS), nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA), tunable resistive pulse sensing (TRPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), as well...