Other benefits of the reciprocating compressor are its part-load characteristics. Many refrigeration systems do not operate at peak load at all times. And it is necessary to either have multiple ...

Piche disagreed with the notion that ammonia refrigeration plants are inherently dangerous. Artificial ice rinks operated across Canada for more than 100 years before the first "catastrophic event ...

On the day of the incident, the control system did not recognize that the evaporator was already in the process of defrosting, and allowed an operator to manually restart the refrigeration cycle ...

An ammonia leak, blamed for the deaths of three people at an arena in Fernie, B.C., has city staff re-evaluating the use of ammonia refrigeration systems at Toronto rinks. (Getty Images/Hero Images) ...

The ammonia gas released inside a nearly 60-year-old rink in Fernie, B.C., on Oct. 17 killed three men, two of them city employees and one a refrigeration specialist.

Taking place from 11th - 14th August 2024at the University of Maryland, Group Managing Director of Star Refrigeration, Dr Andy Pearson, will discuss developments in low charge ammonia ...