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Ammonia Week in Review | March 23, 2018

March 23rd, 2018

Low-charge ammonia systems are all the rage in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…. Vilter Unveils First Low-Charge Packed System at IIAR – The plug-and-play Modular Rooftop Unit (MRU) is one of a slew of low-charge ammonia systems featured at the IIAR Conference – a sign of the mounting interest in this technology in the industrial sector. […]

RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices (Part 6)

March 20th, 2018

Peter Thomas, P.E. recently wrote a technical paper and presented at the 2017 RETA National Conference on the topic of RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices. This is the sixth in a series of blogs which include excerpts from his technical paper. The previous blogs are available in the following links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part […]

Ammonia Week in Review | March 16, 2018

March 16th, 2018

A fatal negligence lawsuit is filed in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…. Tekamah Man Sues Over Deadly Ammonia Pipeline Spill in 2016 – In the lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Omaha, Steve Chace, who works as an environmental scientist, said before the incident he had twice reported circumstances suggesting a pipeline […]

Ammonia Week in Review | March 9, 2018

March 9th, 2018

Turkeys stir up trouble in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…. Poultry Farmers Sniff at Proposed Regs – It’s one airborne chemical that farmers like Hughes may soon need to track under a law usually associated with toxic waste sites. […keep reading] 15 Fall Sick After Ammonia Leak –  Leak of ammonia gas from a shrimp […]

RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices (Part 5)

March 6th, 2018

Peter Thomas, P.E. recently wrote a technical paper and presented at the 2017 RETA National Conference on the topic of RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices. This is the fifth in a series of blogs which include excerpts from his technical paper. The previous blogs are available in the following links:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. RAGAGEP […]