DocumentCode
2975559
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
fYear
2009
fDate
8-11 Dec. 2009
Firstpage
6
Lastpage
10
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEEM.2009.5373499
Filename
5373499
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