Ammonia Week in Review | August 9, 2024

Ammonia Appears Perilous in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…

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17 Hospitalised After Ammonia Gas Leak at Food Processing Company in Pune District– Seventeen people, including 15 women, were hospitalised after ammonia gas leaked from the cooling unit of a food processing company in Pune district on Wednesday.  […keep reading]

Ammonia Leak Sparks Evacuation at Country Hills Recreation Facility – Firefighters were called around 2:45 p.m. Sunday for reports of ammonia odour at the Country Hills Multi Services Centre. […keep reading]

Standard 9 has been revised – Here’s what you need to know! – The first edition of IIAR Standard 9 was published in 2020. Consistent with the document title, “Standard for Minimum System Safety Requirements for Existing Closed-Circuit Ammonia Refrigeration Systems”, Standard 9 lays out the minimum requirements that all systems must adhere to, regardless of when they were built. […keep reading]

Machinery Room Ventilation System Tests – Machinery room ventilation systems have long been required by model codes and standards. Dating back to at least the 1967 Uniform Mechanical Code, refrigeration machinery rooms have been required to be configured with adequate ventilation in the event of a refrigerant release. […keep reading]