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Fundamentals of Refrigeration: Saturation, Subcooling, and Superheating

March 10th, 2026

“Saturation” is a term used to describe a substance that is at its boiling point. Water, for example, is said to be saturated when its temperature is 212ºF at sea level. The 212ºF water may be a liquid, a vapor, or a mixture of the two. When a substance is saturated, heat added or removed […]

Ammonia Week in Review | March 6, 2026

March 6th, 2026

Ammonia Set Sail in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Five Workers Hospitalised By Ammonia Gas Leak In Palghar Amul Plant – The incident took place at the plant located at Kaner Phata when workers were carrying out routine maintenance of the refrigeration system, said an official. […keep reading] Hazmat Crews Respond to Ammonia Leak […]

Fundamentals of Refrigeration: Heat Energy Profile of Water

March 2nd, 2026

To reinforce what is known about the states of matter, it can be helpful to study the heat energy profile of water. The graph below shows heat, measured in BTUs, applied to a pound of water on the horizontal axis and the temperature change of the water on the vertical axis. The values displayed are […]

Ammonia Week in Review | February 27, 2026

February 27th, 2026

Uneasy Spectators in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Shelter-in-Place Lifted Following Ammonia Leak in West Toledo – The facility was evacuated as HAZMAT teams worked to contain the source of the release. […keep reading] Ammonia Leak at Aiginia Cold Storage Sparks Panic in Bhubaneswar – Residents of Aiginia under Khandagiri police limits faced panic […]

Fundamentals of Refrigeration: States of Matter

February 24th, 2026

Simply defined, “matter” is anything that takes up space and can be weighed. All physical things are made of matter since physical things have both volume and mass. Technically, there are five states of matter: Solid Liquid Gas Plasma Bose-Einstein condensate Items four and five on that list are not relevant to the study of […]