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eTools Home : Ammonia Refrigeration References | Glossary | Viewing / Printing Instructions | Credits References >> American National Standard for Equipment, Design and Installation of Ammonia Mechanical Refrigerating Systems IIAR Ammonia Refrigeration Library. American National Standard for Equipment, Design & Installation of Ammonia Mechanical Refrigerating Systems. IIAR (1999), 43 pages. This standard applies to closed circuit mechanical refrigerating systems using ammonia as a refrigerant. It contains information to specify equipment and machinery room design and installation for ammonia mechanical refrigerating systems. TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1.0 - Purpose Section 2.0 - Scope Section 3.0 - Definitions Section 4.0 - General 4.1, Ammonia Characteristics 4.2, Physical Properties of Ammonia 4.3, Refrigerant-Grade Ammonia Specifications 4.4, System Types Section 5.0 - Equipment 5.1, Compressors 5.2, Air-Cooled Condensers and Air-Cooled Desuperheaters 5.3, Evaporative Condensers 5.4, Shell-and-Tube Condensers and Double-Pipe Condensers 5.5, Plate Heat Exchanger Condensers 5.6, Forced Air Evaporator Coils 5.7, Shell-and-Tube Evaporators (with refrigerant in shell) 5.8, Shell-and-Tube Evaporators (with refrigerant in tubes) 5.9, Plate Heat Exchanger Evaporators 5.10, Pressure Vessels 5.11, Refrigerant Pumps 5.12, Refrigerant Valves 5.13, Controls, Electric and Pneumatic 5.14, Pressure-Relief Devices 5.15, Pipe 5.16, Visual Liquid Level Indicators 5.17, Testing 5.18, Materials Section 6.0 - Machinery Room Design 6.1, Room Ventilation 6.2, Architectural Section 7.0 - Installation 7.1, Piping 7.2, Insulation 7.3, Pressure-Relief Piping 7.4, Foundations and Equipment Supports 7.5, Field Leak Testing 7.6, Ammonia Handling and Storage Section 8.0 - Titles and Sources of References Appendix A - (Informative), Emergency Discharge of Ammonia Refrigerant A.1, General A.2, Emergency Discharge Methods A.3, General Design Criteria A.4, Discharge to Atmosphere A.5, Discharge to Water Diffusion System A.6, Discharge to High Temperature Oxidation Process Appendix B - (Informative), Method for Calculating Discharge Capacity of Positive Displacement Compressor Pressure-Relief Device Appendix C - (Informative), Insulation C.1, Purpose C.2, Material C.3, Installation C.4, Inspection Appendix D - (Normative), Minimum Values of Design Pressure and Leak Test Pressures - NH3 Appendix E - (Informative), Purging   Close this Window   eTools Home : Ammonia Refrigeration References | Glossary | Viewing / Printing Instructions | Credits

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