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Ammonia Week in Review | August 9, 2024

August 9th, 2024

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

Machinery Room Ventilation System Tests

August 6th, 2024

Machinery room ventilation systems have long been required by model codes and standards. Dating back to at least the 1967 Uniform Mechanical Code[1], refrigeration machinery rooms have been required to be configured with adequate ventilation in the event of a refrigerant release. While we have written previously about the current ventilation design, control, and testing […]

Standard 9 has been revised – Here’s what you need to know!

August 5th, 2024

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. The original publication of Standard 9 required facilities […]

Ammonia Week in Review | August 2, 2024

August 2nd, 2024

Large Scale Releases in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia Leak at Virginia Food Plant Sends 33 Workers to Hospitals – Of the 33 who were hospitalized, 22 were initially in serious condition, while 11 more had minor symptoms, fire officials said.  […keep reading] Ammonia Leak at Mass. Business Sends 7 to Hospital – […]

Ammonia Week in Review | July 26, 2024

July 26th, 2024

Alarming Headlines in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Moosic Sues to Prevent Further Leaks of Toxic Ammonia Gas at Industrial Property – After two leaks of toxic ammonia gas in the past three months at a food industry on Birney Avenue, Moosic seeks a court order to empty a pair of 4,000-gallon tanks there.  […keep […]