Chalmers University of Technology

About: Chalmers University of Technology is a education organization based out in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Finite element method. The organization has 17191 authors who have published 53951 publications receiving 1520592 citations. The organization is also known as: Chalmers Tekniska Högskola & Chalmers.

Managerial challenges in open innovation: a study of innovation intermediation in the chemical industry: Managerial challenges in open innovation

Abstract: The current open innovation literature needs to be complemented with work on the managerial challenges faced by companies working with an innovation intermediary to solve research and development (RD (2) selecting the right problems; and (3) formulating problems so as to enable novel solutions Based on the knowledge management literature, we explain how these challenges arise out of scientists' different work practices in internal vs external R&D problem solving and we identify and discuss a number of remedies to these challenges

Particle emissions from biomass combustion in small combustors

Abstract: Literature data on particle emissions are compared with emissions from combustion of wood pellets and wood briquettes in commercial small-scale combustion devices: a pellet stove, two pellet burners and two smaller district heating boilers. The influence of operating parameters and fuel quality was investigated. Mass concentration, number concentration and number size distribution of particles were determined. The mass size distribution was analysed as well as the inorganic components. Gaseous compounds were recorded to give information about the combustion conditions. The mass concentrations of particles were between 34 and 240 mg Nm −3 , increasing during unsatisfactory operation conditions. The number concentration was in the range of 107–108 particles per Ncm−3. The particle emission was dominated by submicron particles (size μm ), both from number and mass perspective. The main inorganic components of the submicron particles were potassium, sulphur, chlorine and oxygen. Small amounts of sodium, magnesium and zinc were also found. The contents of potassium, chlorine, and sulphur in the fuel are important for the composition of the emitted inorganic submicron particles.