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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 […]
Fish and animals are killed after a leak from an ammonia SCR system in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Spanish Police Probe into Lethal Ammonia Spill – The Guardia Civil is investigating four people in connection with a lethal ammonia spill in Guipuzkoa […keep reading here or here] Small Leak of Ammonia Detected at US Segment of […]
Raley’s installs their first supermarket ammonia system in preparation for the California’s Air Resources Board regulations in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Raley’s Unorthodox Ammonia/CO2 System – Installed at its first Raley’s supermarket, the system is the California chain’s answer to impending state regulations capping the GWP of refrigerant at 150. […keep reading] Differences […]
Earlier this year, IIAR published ANSI/IIAR 9-2020 Standard for Minimum System Safety Requirements for Existing Closed-Circuit Ammonia Refrigeration Systems. While it has long been recognized that new systems must adhere to the requirements of IIAR Standards 2 and 4, facilities with existing systems have often been confused on how they should relate to these standards. […]