The integration of practice and learning is a key to cultivation of or­ ganizational capability for creating or inheriting intellect. In this paper, firstly we address the critical research issues for collaborative space design to inte­ grate practice and learning. Following the discussion, we have built an ontology which specifies the structure of the collaborative learning, described patterns...

This paper is based on data compiled in the course of developing, for InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB), a WTE Guidebook for managers and policymakers in the Latin America and Caribbean region. As part of this work, a list was compiled of nearly all plants in the world that thermally treat nearly 200 million tons of municipal solid wastes (MSW) and produce electricity and heat. An estimated ...

The object of this paper is to throw light on the criteria which apply to the degree of burn-out on a furnace burning mixed household and trade refuse. In particular, the paper concentrates on the ash discharged from the end of the grate since this represents the bulk of the ash produced by the plant. The classical approach to burn-out is to employ "carbon-in-ash" techniques familiar to combust...