Ammonia Under Investigation in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Chemical Safety Board Releases Update on July 2024 Hazardous Ammonia Release – The incident occurred due to the discharge of an emergency pressure relief valve, which resulted in the release of approximately 170 pounds of anhydrous ammonia, according to company officials. […keep reading] Safety Systems Inspection Checklist […]
Ammonia Road Show in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia Leak Contained at US Foods in Alcoa – The incident led to the main road coming into the area being closed, yet it was reopened more than four hours later, around 12:33 a.m. Saturday after the leak was contained. […keep reading] Hwy 56 Reopened after […]
Ammonia refrigeration systems must be equipped with a means of draining oil from the system. Over time, small amounts of oil are carried out of the compressors and mix with the ammonia vapor. The ideal place to collect and drain this oil is on the low pressure side of the refrigeration system. The cold temperatures […]
Ammonia Appears Perilous in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… 17 Hospitalised After Ammonia Gas Leak at Food Processing Company in Pune District– Seventeen people, including 15 women, were hospitalised after ammonia gas leaked from the cooling unit of a food processing company in Pune district on Wednesday. […keep reading] Ammonia Leak Sparks Evacuation at […]
The first edition of IIAR Standard 9 was published in 2020. Consistent with the document title, “Standard for Minimum System Safety Requirements for Existing Closed-Circuit Ammonia Refrigeration Systems”, Standard 9 lays out the minimum requirements that all systems must adhere to, regardless of when they were built. The original publication of Standard 9 required facilities […]
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