Format:
1 online resource (262 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780367300999
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9781000237658
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 The Ammonia Industry -- 1.2 Relationships of Ammonia to Other Industries -- 1.3 Plan of This Study -- 2. A FRAMEWORK FOR STUDYING TECHNICAL CHANGE IN CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES -- 2.1 General Remarks on Innovation -- 2.2 Endogenous Technical Change -- 2.3 A Production Model for the Chemical Process Industries -- 2.4 Implications of the Production Model for Process Innovation -- 2.5 An Empirical Model for Process Innovation -- 3. A HISTORY OF REGULATION OF THE NITROGEN FERTILIZER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Indirect Regulation of Ammonia Production -- 3.3 Workplace Health and Safety Regulation -- 3.4 Environmental Protection Regulation -- 4. AMMONIA PROCESS TECHNOLOGY -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Ammonia Synthesis -- 4.3 An Overview of Hydrogen Production -- 4.4 Commercial Processes for the Production of Ammonia -- 5. THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ON AMMONIA TECHNOLOGY -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Environmental Problems in Ammonia Manufacture -- 5.3 Impacts of Environmental Regulation on Ammonia Process Technology -- 5.4 Environmental Problems in the Use of Ammonia and Related Nitrogenous Fertilizers -- 5.5 Evidence from Industry Trends for Impacts of Regulation -- 5.6 Conclusions -- 6. APPLICATION OF PRODUCTION AND INNOVATION MODELS TO STEAM REFORMING OF NATURAL GAS -- 6.1 Quality of Available Process Data: Factor Inputs and Investment -- 6.2 Innovations in the Process Based on Steam Reforming of Natural Gas -- 6.3 Empirical Tests of the Process Innovation Model -- 6.4 Conclusions -- 7. CONCLUSIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS -- 7.1 Impacts of Environmental and Workplace Regulations on Innovation in the Ammonia Manufacturing Industry: An Interpretation
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7.2 Implications Regarding Input Prices and Innovation -- 7.3 Suggestions for Further Research -- 7.4 Policy-Related Findings -- APPENDIX: ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL DATA ON AMMONIA PROCESSES -- A.1 Introduction -- A.2 Factor Price Data -- A.3 Ammonia Prices and Transportation Costs -- A.4 Process Data - Factor Inputs and Investment -- A.5 Plant Data -- REFERENCES
Additional Edition:
Print version Greenberg, Edward Regulation, Market Prices, and Process Innovation Milton : Taylor & Francis Group,c2018 ISBN 9780367300999
Language:
English
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