: Launching New Technology to Existing Industries; A Solution for Facilitating Commercialization
Subject Areas : Technology Transfer and Commercialization of ResearchesKeywords: Commercialization, Research & Development, Existing Industries vs. commissioning new Plant, Moving from Research Center to Market,
Abstract :
Research results without commercialization could not be sources of public welfare and national wealth. Undoubtedly, commercialization and transferring research findings to the industry and market area is one of the complicated stages of innovation process. One of the ways to overcome this challenge is benefiting from existing industries or plants which has required equipments for industrialization of technology and also has free capacity. In this paper, at first the benefits of utilizing existing industries for commercialization some of new technologies are described. Then a scientific methodology introduced to explain and implement the ability to launch of new technologies into existing plant in Research institute for Petroleum Industry (RIPI). This methodology benefits from principles of modular design and robust design. After introducing the methodology, a case study is presented which has been carried out by this methodology to launch a new technology in one of the existing plants.