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“Everything Natural”

Jeremy Williams of GCAP interview Marc Chasserot.  Marc is the Editor in Chief of these natural refrigerant websites.  Marc has over 10 years experience in following natural refrigerants throughout the world and his head quarters are based in Brussels Belgium.   We will discuss in this interview several topics relating to natural refrigerants including the past, present, and future.   Please listen to the podcast to learn more about natural refrigerants and how they are playing a great role in the future in industrial, commercial, and residential refrigeration.

Some topics include:

What countries are taking the lead in refrigeration?
Who is adapting to these changes?
What is the future growth of these refrigerants?
What are some of the best conventions to attend globally?
Small Charge Systems?

A new convention  is coming to the United States during April 2012 in the Washington DC  area.  It will be called “Atmosphere America” and this convention will host anything about natural refrigerants.

United States Chemical Safety Board “CSB”

Jeremy and Randy Williams of Garden City Ammonia Program discuss the CSB findings of a propane explosion in 2007.  Some factors to blame was unqualified technicians, unqualified training and inadequate training for when things may go wrong such as an emergency.  We will compare their findings and recommendations to the industrial ammonia refrigeration industry.

The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the agency’s board members are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

The CSB conducts root cause investigations of chemical accidents at fixed industrial facilities. Root causes are usually deficiencies in safety management systems, but can be any factor that would have prevented the accident if that factor had not occurred. Other accident causes often involve equipment failures, human errors, unforeseen chemical reactions or other hazards. The agency does not issue fines or citations, but does make recommendations to plants, regulatory agencies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), industry organizations, and labor groups. Congress designed the CSB to be non-regulatory and independent of other agencies so that its investigations might, where appropriate, review the effectiveness of regulations and regulatory enforcement.

The CSB investigative staff includes chemical and mechanical engineers, industrial safety experts, and other specialists with experience in the private and public sectors. Many investigators have years of chemical industry experience.

Both accident investigations and hazard investigations lead to new safety recommendations, which are the Board’s principal tool for achieving positive change. Recommendations are issued to government agencies, companies, trade associations, labor unions, and other groups. Implementation of each safety recommendation is tracked and monitored by CSB staff. When recommended actions have been completed satisfactorily, the recommendation may be closed by a Board vote.

The CSB is currently investigating several ammonia accidents and deaths.

For more information on the CSB please visit their website at

http://www.csb.gov/

To request CSB’s free Safety DVD of incident investigations visit

http://www.csb.gov/videoroom/videorequest.aspx

Half an Hour to Tragedy Propane Explosion Video Below

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South West Kansas charters for the NEW “Golden Plains” RETA Chapter

Ammonia NEP Citations

Jeremy Williams and staff of Garden City Ammonia Program discuss part two of the chemical and refinery NEP.  This episode focuses on actual documented citations received by companies throughout the US based on the National Emphasis Program.   We highly recommend  listening to the first episode of explaining the NEP before this one.  It was titled “OSHA’s National Emphasis Program: NEP”.  We have added also some EPA citations regarding failure to report releases of ammonia.

Emphasis on Implementation over Documentation:  “Based on past OSHA inspection history at refineries and large chemical plants, OSHA has typically found that these employers have extensive written documentation related to process safety management, but the implementation of the written documentation has been inadequate.   Therefore, CSHO’s should focus on the implementation of the various PSM elements and ensure that employers do what they have committed to do in their PSM documentation.” Osha.gov

Visit this url for more information on GCAP’s NEP 40 hour course:  http://www.ammoniatraining.com/nep

Please give us a call for any questions.  620.271.0037

email ammonia@pld.com

For more information on the Petroleum Refinery NEP

For more information on the Chemical NEP

For more information on CCPS

OSHA explaining the NEP expanding permanently

Brought to you by

Garden City Ammonia Program

www.AmmoniaTraining.com

GCCA: Global Cold Chain Alliance

Mission:  The Global Cold Chain Alliance unites partners to be innovative leaders in the temperature-controlled products industry.

Vision:  The Global Cold Chain Alliance will be the recognized authority in forging a universally strong cold chain where every product retains quality and safety through each link.

Jeremy Williams from Garden City Ammonia Program interviews Tori Miller of the GCCA.   The GCCA is an organization representing 65 different countries involving four major organizations.

GCCA: Global Cold Chain Alliance: http://www.gcca.org

IARW: International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses:  http://www.gcca.org/iarw/vision-mission-history.html

WFLO: Wold Food Logistics Organization:  http://www.gcca.org/wflo/vision-mission-history.html

IRTA: International Refrigerated Transportation Association:   http://www.gcca.org/irta/vision-mission-history.html

IACSC: International Association for Cold Storage Construction:   http://www.gcca.org/iacsc/vision-mission-history.html

GCCA-OSHA Alliance: http://www.gcca.org/programs/gcca-osha-alliance.html

Ammonia Safety Poster

OSHA’s National Emphasis Program: NEP

Jeremy Williams and staff of Garden City Ammonia Program discuss the outline of the chemical and refinery NEP and the results as of March 2011 for both NEP inspections from OSHA.

A NEP course has been developed through GCAP for the need of understanding OSHA’s regulations regarding 1910.119.  It was developed for the petroleum industry after numerous accidents in recent past including the BP explosion in Texas .  Programmed inspections for ammonia and other HHC’s have taken place in Region I, VII and X for the year 2009, 2010, and 2011.  It will expand to all regions permanently.

Purpose:  To understand and describe the policies and procedures that will take place with a NEP inspection.  The NEP is designed to reduce or eliminate the workplace hazards associated with the catastrophic release of highly hazardous chemicals.

Emphasis on Implementation over Documentation:  “Based on past OSHA inspection history at refineries and large chemical plants, OSHA has typically found that these employers have extensive written documentation related to process safety management, but the implementation of the written documentation has been inadequate.   Therefore, CSHO’s should focus on the implementation of the various PSM elements and ensure that employers do what they have committed to do in their PSM documentation.” Osha.gov

Visit this url for more information on GCAP’s NEP 40 hour course:  http://www.ammoniatraining.com/nep

Please give us a call for any questions.  620.271.0037

email ammonia@pld.com

For more information on the Petroleum Refinery NEP

For more information on the Chemical NEP

For more information on CCPS

OSHA explaining the NEP expanding permanently

Brought to you by

Garden City Ammonia Program

www.AmmoniaTraining.com

RETA:  Refrigerating Engineers and Technicians Association

Jeremy Williams from Garden City Ammonia Program interviews Don Tragethon and Jim Price of RETA. Don is the executive director of RETA and Jim is the acting president. They explain who RETA is an organization and what RETA has contributed and offers to the ammonia refrigeration industry. RETA is dedicated to the professional development of industrial refrigeration operators and technicians.

Mission Statement: To enhance the professional development of industrial refrigeration operating and technical engineers.

Interview Includes:

Jim and Dons experience in Industrial Refrigeration

What is RETA?

How long has RETA been an organization?

Where is the 2011 RETA National Convention?

How many members are in RETA?

What training material does RETA offer?

CARO Exam Certification?

CIRO Exam Certification?

Certifications following the “Ammonia Refrigeration Training Guideline” (ARTG)?

Technician Level Certification Exam?

How many people Certified through RETA?

What is the RETA Breeze?

www.reta.com

831.455.8783

info@reta.com

VILTER

Another exciting interview today.  Jeremy Williams from Garden City Ammonia Program interviews Gregory Dunn of Vilter.  Greg explains who Vilter is and what they have to offer to the ammonia refrigeration industry.  Vilter is widely known for their compressor technology and recently became part of Emerson Climate Technologies.

Interview Includes:

Greg’s experience and background with commercial and industrial compressors

What is Vilter?

Vilter’s Compressor School

What is the Viler Single Screw and how is it Different From the Traditional Screw?

Slide Valve and Vi Control?

What is the VILTech?

Other Technologies Coming from Vilter and Emerson

Contact Greg at 1.414.486.5031 or email: gregory.dunn@emerson.com

www.Vilter.com

www.EmersonClimate.com

Vilter Single Screw Compressor

Vilter’s single screw compressors, for industrial refrigeration and gas compression, deliver longer life, higher reliability and better energy efficiency than twin screw compressors and have fewer moving parts than reciprocating compressors. The key to the single screw compressor’s reliability is in its balanced design, resulting in ultra-low bearing loads with significantly decreased vibration and sound levels. The inherent balanced design advantage allows Vilter to offer an exclusive 5-year compressor and 15-year bearing warranty in industrial refrigeration applications. The key to the single screw compressor’s high energy efficiency is Vilter’s exclusive Parallex™ slide system allowing the compressor to run at optimum efficiency through its full range of capacity. Providing the highest reliability and unsurpassed energy efficiency.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNxIKu4DVC8&feature=related[/youtube]

Vilter Corporate Video 2010

Vilter Manufacturing LLC, a business of Emerson Climate Technologies, manufactures compressors for industrial refrigeration, gas compression and industrial heat pumps.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AH7SyQI3G8[/youtube]

Jeremy Williams of GCAP interviews Roberto Sgrosso of WorkSafe NB.  Roberto explains his background and job duties at WorkSafe NB and gives us a head up of the the co hosted safety day coming up in Canada. Other topics include the difference between OSHA and WorkSafe.

Contact Roberto Sgrosso at 1-800-222-9775

website for WorkSafe is www.worksafenb.ca

New Brunswick Canada Ammonia Safety Day

Hosted By WorkSafe NB and GCAP

October 12, 2011

7:00am to 4:30pm

Location of Safety Day:
Crowne Plaza Fredericton – Lord Beaverbrook
(In the Ballroom)
659 Queen Street
Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A6

There will be a $35 registration fee and a hot buffet lunch will be served for those that are registered.

There will be $125 registration fee at the door.

Register @ www.ammoniatraining.com/OperIregister.htm

Vendors or questions call 620-271-0037

IIAR “International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration”

Jeremy Williams of Garden City Ammonia Program interviews Bruce Badger and Bob Armstrong from the IIAR orgranization.

IIAR vision is to be recognized as the world leading advocate for the safe, reliable and efficient use of ammonia and other natural refrigerants for industrial applications.

IIAR is an organization providing advocacy, education, standards, and information for the benefit of the ammonia refrigeration industry worldwide.

Subjects Include:

What is IIAR?

How long has IIAR been established?

What does IIAR offer to the Ammonia Industry?

Where is the 2012 IIAR Convention?

What are the advantages of IIAR membership?

What education videos does IIAR have for ammonia refrigeration?

What are the committees within IIAR?

What do you see as the future with ammonia?

What is the IIAR Ammonia Refrigeration Library “ARL”?

With IIAR 2 – 2008 Addendum A published, what other standards are coming out?

Will the old bulletins of IIAR go away with new standards being printed?

www.iiar.org

703.312.4200