Title :
Wood Pellet Technology Roadmap
Author :
Lamb, Ann Marie ; Daim, Tugrul U. ; Leavengood, Scott
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Technol. Manage. at Portland State Univ., Portland, OR, USA
fDate :
4/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents a technology roadmap for the wood pellet industry in the Pacific Northwest U.S. The roadmap was developed for the Oregon Wood Innovation Center (OWIC), College of Forestry, Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvalis, OR. The researchers apply technology roadmapping to a bio-fuel called wood pellet using both qualitative and semiquantitative tools which resulted in a roadmap including market drivers, product, technology, knowledge, and partners.
Keywords :
biofuel; biofuel; qualitative tools; semiquantitative tools; technology roadmapping; wood pellet industry; wood pellet technology; Biomass; Industries; Planning; Production; Quality function deployment; Raw materials; Vehicles; Energy; foresight; quality function deployment (QFD); roadmap; six sigma; technology; tools; wood pellet;
Journal_Title :
Sustainable Energy, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSTE.2011.2175755
