Chairman’s Message

In October 2010, the IIAR Board of Directors meets to conduct its annual strategic planning session. The two-fold purpose of the session is to: 1. Define goals for the IIAR in the upcoming year, and 2. Set in motion plans to achieve these goals. 

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A Service Call In Space

Ammonia took center stage recently in televised images of NASA astronauts attaching a 1700 lb, doublechamber tank which contained a 600 lb ammonia charge to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Significant Changes to the 2009 Codes Affecting Ammonia Refrigeration

Every three years, new editions of the International and Uniform codes are published and made available for adoption by state and local jurisdictions.

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Update on OSHA’s National Emphasis Program for Chemical Facilities

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched a National Emphasis Program (NEP) focused on Process Safety Management in chemical facilities at the end of July 2009.

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Low Charge Systems May Be the Answer

Businesses seek to provide income to their shareholders or “bottom line.” Safe facilities are more profitable than unsafe facilities.

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COMPARATIVE COSTS OF LATENT LOADS

Two systems are generally available to remove moisture from the air in a low temperature refrigeration process.

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IIAR Board of Directors

Bob Port, Lead Mechanical Engineer, Target, Co. has been elected to IIAR’s Executive Committee where he will serve as treasurer.

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Sight Glass Taskforce Update

In other sections of this magazine, we’ve highlighted IIAR’s role as a standard setting organization and as an association that acts as the voice of the industrial refrigeration industry.

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ARF Safety Relief Research Project

Pressure relief valves are engineered safety devices intended to protect pressure vessels and other pressurecontaining equipment from catastrophic failure as a result of excessive pressure excursions that may occur during operation or standby conditions.

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Ammonia Safety Alert: Transferring Ammonia

There are risks involved whenever anhydrous ammonia is transferred to or from an industrial refrigeration system.

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New Ventilation Requirements for Machinery Rooms

Standard ANSI/IIAR 2-2008 is being updated soon. As most readers are aware, IIAR 2 is the ANSI/IIAR standard for equipment, design and installation for closed circuit ammonia refrigeration systems.

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