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No Harm No Foul in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia Leak Forces Evacuation in Northwest Miami-Dade, Cause Still a Mystery – An ammonia leak sent Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews racing to Northwest 77th Avenue and 31st Street Saturday morning, prompting evacuations in the heavily industrial corridor without a single reported injury. […keep reading] […]
The ideal vapor compression cycle assumes that pure refrigerant is being used, such as ammonia. Unfortunately, in the “real world,” noncondensable gases can find their way into a system. A “noncondensable gas” is an undesired foreign gas that is in the system. It travels through the cycle with the refrigerant, but it does not assist […]
Ammonia Evades in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… 8 Units Isolate an Industrial Estate in Vilamalla After an Ammonia Leak on the Roof – Firefighters found the escape in a roof valve and the SEM attended to nine people, two hospitalized in mild condition. […keep reading] 2026 RETA-RSES National Conference – We look forward […]
We look forward to seeing you at this year’s conference! The RETA-RSES National Conference is the premier annual event for industrial, commercial, and residential refrigeration professionals. Spanning four days of immersive learning, the conference offers a comprehensive program designed to improve the knowledge, safety, and success of operators and technicians at every experience level. Click […]
“Compression ratio”, which is the ratio of the absolute discharge pressure to the absolute suction pressure, is an important concept for a refrigeration professional. Compressors are limited in the pressure differential that they can impose on a vapor. Screw compressors have the highest potential and can achieve compression ratios as high as twenty to one. […]