Ammonia Week in Review | January 24, 2014

Ammonia leaks plague the news in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review……

Firefighters In Stirling Evacuate The Peak After Ammonia Leak – A sports centre was evacuated after an ammonia leak in the air ventilation system, fire service officials have said.  Firefighters and maintenance engineers were called to The Peak in Stirling at about 10.40am on Tuesday.  […keep reading]

Ammonia Leak Probe Under Way At Kepak – Kepak is investigating a minor leak of ammonia at its largest meat processing plants in the country.  The incident occurred at 10.30pm last Sunday, 19 January, in a cold storage area of its Watergrasshill facility in Cork.  […keep reading]

Mechanical Integrity 101 | Ammonia Storage Tanks – I was recently asked the following question:  I work for a company that uses anhydrous ammonia for emission control. One thing that I noticed is there wasn’t any information on the tank maintenance (integrity testing of the tank etc). We have maintenance plans for all the components associated with the tank but do you know if there is a recommended maintenance for the tank itself?  […keep reading]