Ammonia Week in Review | April 13, 2018

Low-charge ammonia innovations keep rolling in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…

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Frick Continues Rollout of Low-Charge Central System – Frick Industrial Refrigeration has continued the rollout of its low-charge ammonia central system (LCCS) at a second location, a cold-storage facility in Canada, said Joseph Pillis. Frick “tweaked the system” to better accommodate low ambient temperatures,” said Pillis at this year’s IIAR Conference, held last month. […keep reading]

Ammonia Leak Closes Denver Fish Shop, Evacuates Neighborhood – Toxic ammonia vapors from a leak at a Denver business had the Denver Fire Department evacuating nearby neighbors Tuesday morning. […keep reading]

Why P.E.I. Rink Operators are Getting Ammonia and Freon Training – Rink and curling club operators were invited to take part in one of three special ammonia and Freon safety training courses in P.E.I. this week. The half-day course demonstrated things like how to keep the machinery running smoothly, proper facility safety measures and how to handle emergencies, such as an ammonia or Freon leak. […keep reading]

Researchers Developing Renewable Energy Approach for Producing Ammonia – The new process, published in Nature Catalysis, utilizes a plasma — an ionized gas — in combination with non-noble metal catalysts to generate ammonia at much milder conditions than is possible with Haber-Bosch. […keep reading]