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Industrial Refrigeration: Training the Next Generation

May 14th, 2024

Introduction The refrigeration workforce is aging. Students interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) are often drawn to high-tech industries, and largely unaware of refrigeration. While efforts are being made to recruit new workers into this vital industry, are the efforts sufficient? In 2022, I decided to be part of the solution by starting […]

Ammonia Week in Review | May 10, 2024

May 10th, 2024

Law And Order in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Lawmakers Advance Measure in Response to a Deadly 2023 Anhydrous Ammonia Tanker Accident – Illinois senators have passed legislation in response to a deadly accident involving a tanker carrying anhydrous ammonia last fall. […keep reading] Check for Defective Anhydrous Ammonia Nurse Tanks – Recent safety advisory […]

Ammonia Week in Review | May 3, 2024

May 3rd, 2024

Questions Arise in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Five Arrested for Ammonia Leakage from Potato Chips Making Unit Near Coimbatore – According to the police, the potato chips making unit at Senniveerampalayam village near Karamadai was established four years ago. […keep reading] Ammonia Release | Brine Chiller – In October 2017, an ammonia release inside […]

Ammonia Release | Brine Chiller

April 30th, 2024

Summary In October 2017, an ammonia release inside a machinery room resulted in the deaths of three people – two city workers and one refrigeration technician. A pinhole leak developed in a shell and tube brine chiller, which allowed ammonia to leak into the brine solution. The leak was discovered, but due to a lack […]

Ammonia Week in Review | April 26, 2024

April 26th, 2024

First Responders Alerted in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Fire Crews Respond to Ammonia Leak in Grand Forks – Grand Forks Fire Department personnel worked Friday evening, April 19, on what is being described by the department as a “large ammonia leak” on the city’s northern edge. […keep reading] SMB Admits Ammonia Leak – San […]