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Ammonia Spoils The Thanksgiving Holiday in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Past OSHA Violations Resurface After Ammonia Leak at North Kingstown Business – The ammonia then leaked into the building, according to the North Kingstown fire chief. […keep reading] No One Hurt in Ammonia Leak at Fruit Warehouse in Yakima – North First Avenue was […]
Rate is the quantity of something measured against something else. For refrigeration, the “something else” will always be a unit of time. When length is measured against time, the result is a speed or velocity measurement. Examples include miles per hour and feet per minute. When volume is measured against time, the result is a […]
Ammonia Travels The Midwest in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Anhydrous Ammonia Leak Near Logan County Contained – Cornland residents were given the all clear after being told to shelter in place Thursday morning for a large anhydrous ammonia leak south of town. […keep reading] Several Agencies Help Contain Anhydrous Ammonia Leak in O’Brien […]
It’s a question we hear frequently in the industrial refrigeration community: Does my closed-loop anhydrous ammonia system require an annual Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) report? The confusion is understandable. The federal regulation, specifically 40 CFR §372.25, states that a facility must file a TRI report if it “otherwise uses” more than 10,000 pounds of a listed […]
Volume is the amount of space that something occupies and is calculated by multiplying the area of an object by its height. Since it is a cubic measurement, the units used to measure volume are often cubed. Examples include inches cubed, feet cubed, and meters cubed. Other common volume units are gallons and liters, which […]