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Come be apart of the Salinas Valley Ammonia Safety Day this Thursday. You will receive 8 hours of great ammonia refrigeration training and a complimentary lunch. See details below: Salinas Valley Ammonia Safety Day When: Thursday | May 23, 2013 | Check in begin at 7:00 AM Where: Steinbeck Institute of Art and Culture | […]
Some interesting stories and events made the cut in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia leak closes streets in Long Beach – Streets in a Long Beach neighborhood were closed early Monday after a cold storage facility in the area began leaking ammonia, authorities said. Firefighters received an alarm from the building in […]
Question: Is it good practice to put an air-cooling evaporator into a defrost cycle during an ammonia leak in the evaporator coil? Answer: In order to answer this question, we need to have a basic understanding of the four types of defrost available: 1. Water defrost; 2. Hot gas defrost; 3. Electric defrost; 4. Air defrost. […]
An ammonia leak in outer space, a semi truck colliding with a train, and some pretty bad parenting all make the cut in the latest edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… International Space Station Has Ammonia Leak in Cooling System – Crew members aboard the International Space Station are awaiting word on how to deal with […]
Another busy week in the world of anhydrous ammonia. Take a closer look in the latest Ammonia Week in Review… Highway 10 Reopened After Ammonia Leak –Saskatchewan RCMP have reopened highway 10, three miles east of Balcarres. They say anhydrous ammonia, a potentially deadly gas was coming from a satellite tank owned by Blair’s Fertilizer […]