Industrial refrigeration
GCAP to Introduce NewTon3000 NH3/CO2 System as Training Equipment Amid Tightening Ammonia Rules
Garden City Ammonia Program in Kansas will install the NewTon3000 NH3/CO2 cooling system as training equipment, responding to state-level regulations that limit ammonia charge. The first U.S. unit will also be displayed at IIAR in 2011.
Nov. 18, 2010
Garden City Ammonia Program (GCAP) in Kansas has decided to introduce the NewTon3000 NH3/CO2 cooling system as training equipment, a move driven by tightening state-level regulations on ammonia charge.
Regulatory backdrop
In recent years, state-level rules governing ammonia charge have been tightening. In California, for example, Title 24 and the 2008 Building Energy Efficiency Standards require refrigeration systems to shift from conventional central-type layouts to multiple-layout, indirect-cooling configurations.
About GCAP
GCAP is the only private industrial ammonia technical school in the U.S. It provides lectures on refrigeration theory and hands-on training for operating refrigeration systems effectively. The school has supplied training to operators from 412 companies in over 16 countries and produces refrigeration-system experts every year. Its stated mission is CO2 emission reduction and prevention of global warming, and it actively educates operators who handle systems using natural refrigerants.
Why NewTon3000
Given the regulatory shift toward reduced ammonia charge, GCAP selected the NewTon3000 — a high-efficiency NH3/CO2 system with a lower ammonia charge — as its new training equipment.
Additional developments
The first NewTon3000 in the U.S. will also be displayed at the International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR) in 2011. GCAP CEO Randy Williams visited and inspected the system at the Moriya Plant in Japan in September 2010.
More information: GCAP; NH3/CO2 Cooling System NewTon3000.
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