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Ammonia Week in Review | October 23, 2020

October 23rd, 2020

An ammonia tanker leaks ammonia at a truck stop in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Falkville Residents Get All Clear after Toxic Chemical Leak – Falkville residents are in the clear after a dicey situation with a toxic chemical leak led to an evacuation effort last week. […keep reading] Japan Targets Ammonia in Green […]

Ammonia Week in Review | October 16, 2020

October 16th, 2020

India suffers another ammonia-related fatality in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Goa: Industrial Worker Dies in Ammonia Leak Incident – A 22-year old industrial worker died following inhalation of ammonia gas that leaked out from a cold storage unit in a fish processing plant located at Cuncolim Industrial Estate on Friday. […keep reading] IIAR Achieves […]

IIAR Achieves a Mechanical Code Milestone

October 13th, 2020

On March 6, 2020, the International Code Council published the 2021 edition of the International Mechanical Code (IMC). 2021 IMC includes a noteworthy change that all ammonia refrigeration industry stakeholders should celebrate. Instead of including prescriptive requirements for ammonia refrigeration systems in Chapter 11, as previous editions had done, §1101.1.2 now requires that “Refrigeration systems […]

Ammonia Week in Review | October 9, 2020

October 9th, 2020

Ammonia is now being used as a clean energy fuel in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… World’s First Blue Ammonia Shipment Opens New Route to a Sustainable Future – Aramco and the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), in partnership with SABIC, have successfully demonstrated the production and shipment of blue ammonia from Saudi […]

Ammonia Week in Review | October 2, 2020

October 2nd, 2020

Hawaii’s largest refrigerated warehouse is fined over $200,000 by the EPA in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… EPA Slaps Oahu Refrigerated Food Warehouse with Fine – Hawaii’s largest refrigerated food warehouse has reached a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency. […keep reading] Valve Exercising and IIAR 6 – Ammonia refrigeration systems are typically configured with […]