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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Ammonia refrigeration systems are typically configured with hundreds of valves that require maintenance to help ensure that they will function properly when adjusted from their normal position. ANSI/IIAR 6-2019 Standard for Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Closed-Circuit Ammonia Refrigeration Systems includes the minimum requirements for valve inspection, testing, and maintenance (ITM) in Table 11.1.6. Concerning […]
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