Question: Is it good practice to put an air-cooling evaporator into a defrost cycle during an ammonia leak in the evaporator coil? Answer: In order to answer this question, we need to have a basic understanding of the four types of defrost available: 1. Water defrost; 2. Hot gas defrost; 3. Electric defrost; 4. Air defrost. […]
An ammonia leak in outer space, a semi truck colliding with a train, and some pretty bad parenting all make the cut in the latest edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… International Space Station Has Ammonia Leak in Cooling System – Crew members aboard the International Space Station are awaiting word on how to deal with […]
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 […]
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