Ammonia Week in Review | April 20, 2018

Peter Thomas, Resource Compliance President, partners with IIAR to create new guidelines in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…

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Peter Thomas Partners with IIAR to Create Guidelines for Low-Charge Ammonia Systems – The International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration is seeking to meet that demand with new guidelines designed to help users safely install, operate and maintain ammonia refrigeration systems that use a charge of 500 lbs or less (and under 100 lbs in the next step). […keep reading]

Machinery Room Signage – This blog post clarifies the three (3) categories of signage required for machinery rooms, as well as give examples for best practices. […keep reading]

Ammonia Gas Leak Scare on Shannon Avenue – Crews were told the smell had been there for days, or even weeks, and was coming from a fridge. […keep reading]

How Liberty Cold Storage got its Ammonia Charge Down – The Chicago-area operator invested in a low-charge DX system configured to use less than 10,000 lbs of NH3, for both low and medium temperatures. […keep reading]

Detecting Ammonia in Fertilizer – To help fertilizer plants address the concerns of ammonia detection, MSA offers a new open path gas monitoring technology for use in multiple fertilizer plant process locations. […keep reading]

Tier 2 Delays and Ammonia Fears Stalling Farm Investment – Delays in the Tier 2 grant scheme and fears of falling foul of tightened ammonia limits have put many Northern Ireland farmers off investing in major infrastructure projects. […keep reading]

Yara and BASF Open Ammonia Plant – Yara International ASA and BASF have announced the opening of a new world-scale ammonia plant in Freeport, Texas. The $600-million, state-of-the-art facility uses a cost-efficient and sustainable production process, based on by-product hydrogen instead of natural gas. […keep reading]