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Another busy week in the world of anhydrous ammonia. Take a closer look in the latest Ammonia Week in Review… Highway 10 Reopened After Ammonia Leak –Saskatchewan RCMP have reopened highway 10, three miles east of Balcarres. They say anhydrous ammonia, a potentially deadly gas was coming from a satellite tank owned by Blair’s Fertilizer […]
In the fresh fruit and vegetable industry in Central California, it is very common for facilities to use bunker-mounted air-cooling evaporators. A typical installation of a bunker-mounted evaporator can been seen in the schematic below: Performing a mechanical integrity inspection of a bunker-mounted evaporator requires many of the same inspection protocols that any air-cooled evaporator […]
From small leaks to a tragic explosion, there is no shortage of news in today’s edition of Ammonia Week in Review… Explosion hits Texas ammonia plant – An explosion struck Adair Grain Inc.’s fertilizer facility in the town of West, Texas, killing an unknown number of people, injuring at least 100 and leveling buildings. Local media said as […]
Four ammonia leaks made the headlines this week. Check out the details in the latest Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia Leak in North Visalia Keeps Residents Inside on Easter Morning – An Easter morning ammonia leak forced some north Visalia residents to stay inside until early afternoon. The leak occurred at 7:46 a.m. at Milk Specialties Global […]
Another week has passed us by and once again ammonia is all over the headlines. Check out some of the more interesting article in the latest Ammonia Week in Review… Hazmat team responds to ammonia smell in Central Falls – Firefighters from Central Falls responded to a Dexter Street triple-decker at noon Thursday for a report […]