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An ammonia mini bar causes a hotel evacuation in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Chester Grosvenor Hotel Evacuated after Reports of Ammonia Smell – Firefighters were called to the hotel on Eastgate Street in Chester shortly before 5am today (Wednesday, April 3) and crews, two wearing breathing apparatus, investigated where the smell was coming […]
In many industrial refrigeration systems, the main liquid feed shut off valve (King Valve) can be remotely controlled as a solenoid valve that is interlocked with the computer control system. The typical configuration of a king solenoid valve assembly includes the following four (4) components, listed in the direction of flow: Upstream Isolation Valve Strainer […]
An ammonia release affects Greater Manchester in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia Leak Triggers Hazmat Alert in Greater Manchester – A massive ammonia leak had affected hundreds of residents in the community of Salford on Wednesday night, according to the city’s fire service. The leak, which the service said originated from a local […]
A Colorado brewery sends six people to the hospital in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Colorado Budweiser Brewery Ammonia Leak Leaves Six in Hospital – Six people were taken to hospital after an ammonia leak at the Fort Collins Anheuser-Busch brewery in Colorado during the evening of Tuesday 18 December. Two of the six had to be […]
A fish-killing ammonia dump leads to a fine $350,000 in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Surrey Ice-Making Plant Fined $350K for Fish Killing Ammonia Dump – Arctic Glacier Ice pleads guilty to releasing ammonia refrigerant into a storm sewer that flowed into a stream. Environment and Climate Change Canada says on April 30, 2014, ammonia was […]