A guide to making effective decisions on actions for energy savings in equipment such as furnaces... more A guide to making effective decisions on actions for energy savings in equipment such as furnaces, kilns, ovens, and dryers is presented. Both direct- and indirect-fired heating chambers; open hearth, basic oxygen, and electric furnaces; and dryers are discussed. Instrumentation and measurement for fuel flow, gas/liquid flow, pressure, liquid level, temperature, and flue gas chemical composition are described. Energy balance and efficiency are considered. Calculation methods for energy and cost savings and operational considerations are included in addition to maintenance considerations, combustion control, design and modification considerations, and heat recovery. (MCW)
GlassRoots is a multivalent program, designed to address the critical developmental issues facing... more GlassRoots is a multivalent program, designed to address the critical developmental issues facing a segment of the at-risk youth population in the inner city, through the medium of glass blowing. Based on previous work in Tacoma WA and Taos NM, it is an extensive adaptation and extension of existing models. Two of the extensions involve basic, advanced and computer-aided design and entrepreneurship skills development. This paper presents the program design and evaluation framework for the Entrepreneurship component of the venture.
A guide to making effective decisions on actions for energy savings in equipment such as furnaces... more A guide to making effective decisions on actions for energy savings in equipment such as furnaces, kilns, ovens, and dryers is presented. Both direct- and indirect-fired heating chambers; open hearth, basic oxygen, and electric furnaces; and dryers are discussed. Instrumentation and measurement for fuel flow, gas/liquid flow, pressure, liquid level, temperature, and flue gas chemical composition are described. Energy balance and efficiency are considered. Calculation methods for energy and cost savings and operational considerations are included in addition to maintenance considerations, combustion control, design and modification considerations, and heat recovery. (MCW)
GlassRoots is a multivalent program, designed to address the critical developmental issues facing... more GlassRoots is a multivalent program, designed to address the critical developmental issues facing a segment of the at-risk youth population in the inner city, through the medium of glass blowing. Based on previous work in Tacoma WA and Taos NM, it is an extensive adaptation and extension of existing models. Two of the extensions involve basic, advanced and computer-aided design and entrepreneurship skills development. This paper presents the program design and evaluation framework for the Entrepreneurship component of the venture.
A closely held firm is not a smaller version of a large public firm, anymore than a child is a mi... more A closely held firm is not a smaller version of a large public firm, anymore than a child is a miniature adult. While realizing that like large corporations, value comes from a business's ability to generate future cash flows, Long and Bryant emphasize the differences between the two. The primary question is does a separate entity exist or is the business just an extension of its principal owner or manager? If yes, how does this business vary from a large publicly traded firm with market and not management control? This book gets to the fundamental differences between the two and the adjustments made to correctly value. It avoids the traditional multiples of earnings or multiple of sales and other cookie-cutter approaches, to focus on the basic ability to create value. The book also avoids specifics in tax laws as they change and vary between countries. While providing a conceptual process, Valuing the Closely Held Firm provides numerous examples to lead the reader to understand the concepts.
Large water projects have played an important role in the public investment decisions of many cou... more Large water projects have played an important role in the public investment decisions of many countries. Despite considerable criticism for social, economic, and environmental defects, the technology of large multipurpose reservoirs continues to diffuse. A major reason for this apparent paradox is the symbolic role these projects play in critical political change. Charismatic leadership, coalitions of interests, and shifting political fortunes also have major impacts on project results. Implementation of the various components of multipurpose projects (e.g., irrigation, water supply, electrical generation) shows a systematic bias in favour of urban and industrial benficiaries. Individual and agrarian interests receive only a small fraction of their planned benefits and take the brunt of unanticipated secondary costs. The results are largely independent of time and culture, political system and level of economic development. Physical environment affected the consequences through the greater incidence of water-borne diseases in tropical sites. Examination of the development of big dam projects from several perspectives shows that traditional planning models are among the poorest in their ability to explain the decision process. Accurate explanation requires the composite use of several normally independent models. A detailed case study of the South Saskatchewan River Project in Canada serves to test and modify the general model synthesized from agregate data. Political considerations transform normal economic and engineering decision-making criteria in very significant ways. The set of factors which affects the actual results of projects is much broader than those usually considered in the planning process.
In both Canada and the USA, national attitudes and policy in a wide variety of areas have been ba... more In both Canada and the USA, national attitudes and policy in a wide variety of areas have been based on the assumption of inexpensive and abundant energy supplies, particularly oil and natural gas. It is now almost universally accepted that this assumption is wrong. There is, however, little consensus on what the actual resource constraints are or, indeed, even on how to estimate them. Some geological estimates imply that domestic resources exist in quantities considerably greater than those now known; other geological estimates suggest that production has already peaked and begun an inevitable decline. The first set supports the belief that continued material growth can be based on domestic resources while the second implies that some change is likely. Economic arguments range from normative declarations in favour of ecological equilibrium (steady-state) to equally unscientific assertions that free markets and technology can eliminate any shortages. Shorter range econometric modelling shows that price and other economic factors do influence the short- and medium-run situation. There is a great need for more integrated geological-economic models. A cognitive process model, combined with one of the role of scientific information in policy-making, provides an instructive vista on the reactions of both governments and societies to this discord within the scientific communities. Initial reactions of denial and externalization are superseded by normative reassessment only as reality forces dissonance reduction. The process has moved rapidly but it is still in an initial phase.
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This book gets to the fundamental differences between the two and the adjustments made to correctly value. It avoids the traditional multiples of earnings or multiple of sales and other cookie-cutter approaches, to focus on the basic ability to create value. The book also avoids specifics in tax laws as they change and vary between countries. While providing a conceptual process, Valuing the Closely Held Firm provides numerous examples to lead the reader to understand the concepts.
Implementation of the various components of multipurpose projects (e.g., irrigation, water supply, electrical generation) shows a systematic bias in favour of urban and industrial benficiaries. Individual and agrarian interests receive only a small fraction of their planned benefits and take the brunt of unanticipated secondary costs. The results are largely independent of time and culture, political system and level of economic development. Physical environment affected the consequences through the greater incidence of water-borne diseases in tropical sites.
Examination of the development of big dam projects from several perspectives shows that traditional planning models are among the poorest in their ability to explain the decision process. Accurate explanation requires the composite use of several normally independent models. A detailed case study of the South Saskatchewan River Project in Canada serves to test and modify the general model synthesized from agregate data.
Political considerations transform normal economic and engineering decision-making criteria in very significant ways. The set of factors which affects the actual results of projects is much broader than those usually considered in the planning process.
A cognitive process model, combined with one of the role of scientific information in policy-making, provides an instructive vista on the reactions of both governments and societies to this discord within the scientific communities. Initial reactions of denial and externalization are superseded by normative reassessment only as reality forces dissonance reduction. The process has moved rapidly but it is still in an initial phase.