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Ammonia Week in Review | October 19, 2018

October 19th, 2018

Ammonia is used for standard air conditioning in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Semi-hermetic Ammonia HVAC System Installed in Eindhoven – An ammonia heat pump was installed five weeks ago to heat and cool 40,000 square meters of apartments and business premises in the Netherlands. […keep reading] Annual Testing of Emergency Eyewash/Shower Stations – […]

Annual Testing of Emergency Eyewash/Shower Stations

October 16th, 2018

Are you aware of the testing requirements of emergency eyewash/shower stations? OSHA’s Title 8 §5162(a) requires emergency eyewash/shower stations to comply with the ANSI/ISEA Z358.1 standard. For ammonia refrigeration systems, ANSI/IIAR 2-2014 §6.7.3 also requires that emergency eyewash/shower stations meet the requirements of ANSI/ISEA Z358.1. The American National Standard for Emergency Eyewash and Shower Equipment (ANSI/ISEA Z358.1-2014) […]

Ammonia Week in Review | October 12, 2018

October 12th, 2018

A poultry plant evacuates and elementary school shelters-in-place after an ammonia leak in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Employees Safe After Ammonia Leak at Abbotsford Poultry Plant – “Currently, we’re just responding to an ammonia leak. At this point, it doesn’t pose a risk to anybody in the vicinity, but we’re just monitoring and have […]

Ammonia Week in Review | October 5, 2018

October 5th, 2018

Two businesses and a school are locked down after an ammonia leak in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Anhydrous Ammonia Leak at Baltimore Food Plant Causes Evacuations, School Lockdown – An anhydrous ammonia leak at Green Gourmet Foods caused two business to be evacuated, a school to be placed on lockdown and sent three firefighters to […]

Peter Thomas Partners with IIAR to Provide Guidelines for Low Charge Ammonia Refrigeration Systems

October 2nd, 2018

The International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR) recently published Low Charge Ammonia Refrigeration Management (ARM-LC) Guidelines, to provide guidance to owners, contractors, and manufacturers of ammonia refrigeration systems with a total inventory of less than 500 lbs of ammonia. Peter Thomas, P.E. played an instrumental role in developing these guidelines that will serve our industry […]