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Machinery Room Signage

April 17th, 2018

What signage is required for an ammonia refrigeration machinery room? This question is often made to be more complicated than necessary. This blog post will clarify the three (3) categories of signage required for machinery rooms, as well as give examples for best practices. Machinery Room Door According to Chapter 6 of ANSI/IIAR 2-2014 [1], […]

RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices (Part 7)

April 3rd, 2018

Peter Thomas, P.E. recently wrote a technical paper and presented at the 2017 RETA National Conference on the topic of RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices. This is the seventh in a series of blogs which include excerpts from his technical paper. The previous blogs are available in the following links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Part […]

Ammonia Week in Review | March 23, 2018

March 23rd, 2018

Low-charge ammonia systems are all the rage in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…. Vilter Unveils First Low-Charge Packed System at IIAR – The plug-and-play Modular Rooftop Unit (MRU) is one of a slew of low-charge ammonia systems featured at the IIAR Conference – a sign of the mounting interest in this technology in the industrial sector. […]

RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices (Part 6)

March 20th, 2018

Peter Thomas, P.E. recently wrote a technical paper and presented at the 2017 RETA National Conference on the topic of RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices. This is the sixth in a series of blogs which include excerpts from his technical paper. The previous blogs are available in the following links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part […]

RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices (Part 5)

March 6th, 2018

Peter Thomas, P.E. recently wrote a technical paper and presented at the 2017 RETA National Conference on the topic of RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices. This is the fifth in a series of blogs which include excerpts from his technical paper. The previous blogs are available in the following links:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. RAGAGEP […]