The business of industrial refrigeration covers a gamut of processes from high temperature process chilling to low temperature freezers. Industrial refrigeration is a large business sector: Its importance and impact within industries such as food processing and construction cannot be underestimated.

Google “October is awareness month for” and you will be inundated with responses. Some are well known and long observed — for instance, Breast Cancer Awareness Month or National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 

Based on a digital platform that provides multiple communication and integration options, the line of fixed gas detectors includes basic to heavy-duty models with sensor technology to match the specific refrigerant, application and safety requirements of the refrigeration system.

Johnson Controls, together with its affiliated brands York and RuskinTitus, joined Eurovent Middle East, an industry association representing manufacturers of process cooling, food cold chain, industrial ventilation and building automation technologies.

The LCCS is an efficient central refrigeration system with a total system ammonia charge of approximately 1.5 to 3 pounds per ton of refrigeration, or 85 to 95 percent less than traditional central ammonia systems.

Canadian refrigeration safety organization Technical Safety BC released an investigation report into the fatal ammonia release at Fernie Memorial Arena. The Vancouver-based group also issued 18 recommendations to further improve safety in ice-rink refrigeration systems.

Transcritical CO₂ industrial refrigeration technology will find use on the high seas as a commercial cruise ship operator inks a contract with GEA. The green refrigeration technology has already been installed on board P&O Cruises’ 2,000-passenger ship Arcadia, where it will deliver the energy-efficient cooling supply for all of the ship’s food-and-beverage refrigeration units.

Fixed gas detectors suited for industrial refrigeration applications includes multiple communication and integration options for improved operational reliability. The gas detectors offer ease of calibration and maintenance procedures to enable high service efficiency and regulatory compliance, says manufacturer Danfoss.

Consider the lifecycle of a head of lettuce: The lettuce is grown, it is harvested, it is transported to be cleaned and wrapped, it is shipped to a grocery store to be displayed, and it is sold. Then, the consumer transports the lettuce home and stores it until it is ultimately eaten. 

With 80 cranberry bogs, Canneberges Bécancour is one of the most productive cranberry farms in North America. The farm, which was established in 1996, processes about a half-million pounds of cranberries per day during a typical harvest, which lasts four to six weeks in late fall.