IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wsi/ijitmx/v08y2011i01ns0219877011002209.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Technology Diffusion And Forecasting: The Case Of Computational Fluid Dynamics (Cfd) For Simulation Of Greenhouse Internal Environments

Author

Listed:
  • LEON PRETORIUS

    (Department of Engineering and Technology Management, Graduate School of Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa)

  • SIEBERT BENADE

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

  • SUNITA KRUGER

    (Department of Engineering and Technology Management, Graduate School of Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Abstract

Forecasting emerging technologies as well the rate of diffusion of resultant products are complex in the context of management of technology usually because of a lack of relevant data. Techniques such as bibliometric analysis and the Bass diffusion model are utilized in this paper to assess the growth rate and market penetration of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as a technology. The penetration and growth rate of user acceptance of two CFD codes (not identified) are simulated. Furthermore, a technology forecasting model of research and innovation in the field of application of CFD in the assessment of greenhouses is presented. Some CFD results of simulations for internal and external flow in an eight-span greenhouse are presented as an illustration of the power of CFD as technology.

Suggested Citation

  • Leon Pretorius & Siebert Benade & Sunita Kruger, 2011. "Technology Diffusion And Forecasting: The Case Of Computational Fluid Dynamics (Cfd) For Simulation Of Greenhouse Internal Environments," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 8(01), pages 27-39.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:08:y:2011:i:01:n:s0219877011002209
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877011002209
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0219877011002209
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1142/S0219877011002209?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Saurabh Panwar & P. K. Kapur & Ompal Singh, 2019. "Modeling Technological Substitution by Incorporating Dynamic Adoption Rate," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(01), pages 1-24, February.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:08:y:2011:i:01:n:s0219877011002209. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Tai Tone Lim (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.worldscinet.com/ijitm/ijitm.shtml .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.