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PSM Writer | Equipment Manager April 14th, 2015
Ammonia Week in Review | April 10, 2015 April 9th, 2015
The agriculture industry has their eye on ammonia in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review….. Toxic Gas Did Not Leak From Tanker Overturned on I-474 On ramp; Lacon Driver Treated and Released – The four-hour shutdown of the busy intersection of Interstate 474 and Southwest Adams Street/U.S. Route 24, caused when a tanker truck carrying anhydrous ammonia […]
Ammonia Week in Review | April 3, 2015 April 2nd, 2015
Ammonia gains attention on the farm in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…… Firefighters Deal With Ammonia Leak – An anhydrous ammonia leak Tuesday caused a scare for some Rosewood Heights residents. […keep reading] Fire Crews Contain Ammonia Spill at Port of Timaru – Firefighters isolated an ammonia leak at cold stores at the Port of Timaru on Tuesday […]
Excerpts from ANSI/IIAR 8-2015 March 30th, 2015
Last week, I summarized the requirements from ANSI/IIAR 4-2015 Installation of Closed-Circuit Refrigeration Systems. Today, I’ll do the same with ANSI/IIAR 8-2015 Decommissioning of Closed-Circuit Ammonia Refrigeration Systems Unlike IIAR 4, which had IIAR 2 as its foundation, IIAR 8 is a standard that was essentially written from scratch. The general outline of the document is as […]