Two leaks and two fines made the cut into the latest edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia Leak Shuts Down Cactus Meat Processing Plan – A local plant shut down Wednesday morning after an ammonia leak in the facility. First and second shifts were canceled at JBS Swift in Cactus after what was said to […]
Here is a snapshot of ammonia stories that made the news this week… Firefighters called to ammonia leak in Winnebago County – For the second time in three days, the Win-Bur-Sew Fire Protection Districts, along with as many as a dozen other area fire departments, responded Tuesday to a hazardous materials incident. […keep reading] Ammonia Leak Stopped […]
In cases you missed ammonia in the news this week, we’ve summarized it for you in the latest edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Worker Exposed to Ammonia at Idaho Fertilizer Plant Dies – A man who was working for a subcontractor at a Simplot fertilizer plant near Pocatello has died at a Utah hospital after […]
Some interesting stories and events made the cut in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia leak closes streets in Long Beach – Streets in a Long Beach neighborhood were closed early Monday after a cold storage facility in the area began leaking ammonia, authorities said. Firefighters received an alarm from the building in […]
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. […]
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