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Ammonia Week in Review | May 17, 2024

May 17th, 2024

Ammonia Slips Out Of The Pipes in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Hazmat Team Responds to Ammonia Leak at Arlington Facility, Officials Report – The leak is at a business along Gulf Stream Road. Officials say the leak is minimal and no one was in danger. […keep reading] Ammonia Leak Hits Pasay – Four […]

Industrial Refrigeration: Training the Next Generation

May 14th, 2024

Introduction The refrigeration workforce is aging. Students interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) are often drawn to high-tech industries, and largely unaware of refrigeration. While efforts are being made to recruit new workers into this vital industry, are the efforts sufficient? In 2022, I decided to be part of the solution by starting […]

Ammonia Week in Review | May 10, 2024

May 10th, 2024

Law And Order in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Lawmakers Advance Measure in Response to a Deadly 2023 Anhydrous Ammonia Tanker Accident – Illinois senators have passed legislation in response to a deadly accident involving a tanker carrying anhydrous ammonia last fall. […keep reading] Check for Defective Anhydrous Ammonia Nurse Tanks – Recent safety advisory […]

Ammonia Week in Review | May 3, 2024

May 3rd, 2024

Questions Arise in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Five Arrested for Ammonia Leakage from Potato Chips Making Unit Near Coimbatore – According to the police, the potato chips making unit at Senniveerampalayam village near Karamadai was established four years ago. […keep reading] Ammonia Release | Brine Chiller – In October 2017, an ammonia release inside […]

Ammonia Week in Review | April 26, 2024

April 26th, 2024

First Responders Alerted in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Fire Crews Respond to Ammonia Leak in Grand Forks – Grand Forks Fire Department personnel worked Friday evening, April 19, on what is being described by the department as a “large ammonia leak” on the city’s northern edge. […keep reading] SMB Admits Ammonia Leak – San […]