Title :
Assessing the development phase of emerging technology: The wood pellets case
Author :
Tapaninen, A. ; Seppänen, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Manage., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
Abstract :
Climate change has highlighted the potential for bioheating solutions, including wood pellet technologies. This study investigates the development phase of an emerging technology regarding wood pellets that is assessed through publishing activity in different sources. The results show that the number of publications has increased significantly in the 21st century. This indicates the accelerating increase in the development of the current technology.
Keywords :
biofuel; environmental factors; heating; renewable materials; wood; bioheating solutions; climate change; wood pellets; Acceleration; Boilers; Combustion; Europe; Fuels; Global warming; Publishing activities; Space heating; Technology management; Wood industry; technology life cycle; wood pellet;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2009. IEEM 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4869-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4870-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2009.5373499
