Efficiency – Carlson and Stewart Refrigeration

The Impact of Moisture in Your Refrigeration Systems

Best Practices, Cost Saving, Efficiency, Performance / By Zach Moorse

Source Article: https://www.emerson.com/en-us/support/manuals-and-guides At Carlson & Stewart Refrigeration, Inc., our mission is to design and install top-tier commercial and industrial refrigeration systems. A crucial aspect often overlooked is the effect of moisture on refrigeration systems. Moisture, even in small amounts, can have detrimental impacts on the performance, efficiency, and longevity of refrigeration systems. Understanding and […]

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Refrigerant Classification

Best Practices, Efficiency, Experience, Performance / By Nick Fischer

Refrigerant Classification Source Image: https://www.southernphc.com/articles/what-you-need-to-know-to-handle-a2ls-sately/ At Carlson & Stewart Refrigeration, Inc. we strive to design and install superior commercial and industrial refrigeration systems. One of the key components to delivering on this is selecting the best refrigerant for the desired application as well as keeping up to date on any potential changes or limitations to

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Letter to Customer/IIAR

Best Practices, Efficiency / By Erik Hansen

Dear Valued Customer, The International Institute of All-Natural Refrigeration (IIAR) has a suite of standards that help establish both code for central ammonia refrigeration systems, but also generally accepted industry practices. Up until recently, this suite of standards largely focused on new systems or modifications to systems as well as maintenance and operations of

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IIAR 9 Minimum System Safety Evaluation

Best Practices, Efficiency, Performance / By Jayson Noetzelman

The ANSI/IIAR Standard for Minimum System Safety Requirements for Closed-Circuit Ammonia Refrigeration Systems does a fantastic job setting the baseline requirements for existing ammonia refrigeration systems. One possible shortcoming of the standard was the absence of a formal evaluation that could help any prospective ammonia operator or service technician evaluate the system with relative ease.

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EPA Issues Final Rule with Risk Management Program Changes

Best Practices, Efficiency, Performance / By Jarod Hansen

Author: Jarod Hansen Source Article: Condenser by IIAR, Lowell Randell (IIAR Government Relations Director) https://iiarcondenser.org/epa-issues-final-rule-with-risk-management-program-changes/ EPA Issues Final Rule with Risk Management Program Changes On March 11th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Final Rule that makes changes to the agency’s Risk Management Program (RMP). The move is

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Safety Relief Valve Replacement Frequency

Best Practices, Efficiency, Electricians Tips & Tricks / By Erik Hansen

Ammonia safety relief valves come in many different shapes and sizes. Similarly, there are also many different manufacturers of them as well. Most of these manufacturers disclose a “shelf life” but none of them disclose a “service life”. This is because it really isn’t within the manufacturers purview to direct on this but rather it

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Doors vs No Doors – Refrigerated Supermarket Retail Cases

Best Practices, Cost Saving, Efficiency, Experience, Performance / By Chris Savage

Doors vs No Doors – Refrigerated Supermarket Retail Cases If you are reading this, you are probably no stranger to the fact that refrigerated retail case manufacturers sell cases both with and without doors. So you might be wondering which you should choose in your store? Well, like many choices in life, the answer always

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Digital Compressor Upgrade: Addressing Multiple Retrofit Challenges

Best Practices, Cost Saving, Efficiency, Performance / By Carlson and Stewart

Digital Compressor Upgrade: Addressing Multiple Retrofit Challenges Best Practices, Cost Saving, Efficiency, Performance / By Zach Moorse Source Article: https://www.copeland.com/documents/may-2018-digital-compressor-update-addresses-multiple-retrofit-challenges-fr-ca-6735912.pdf At Carlson & Stewart Refrigeration, Inc., we continuously strive to offer our clients advanced and efficient refrigeration solutions. One of the most significant advancements in recent years is the digital compressor upgrade, which addresses multiple

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Importance of Refrigerant Line Sizing by Nick Fisher

Best Practices, Cost Saving, Efficiency, Performance / By Carlson and Stewart

Importance of Refrigerant Line Sizing At Carlson & Stewart Refrigeration, Inc. we strive to design and install superior commercial and industrial refrigeration systems. One of the key components to delivering on this is correctly sizing the refrigerant lines for each refrigeration system. Improperly designed line sets can cause the refrigeration system to struggle to keep

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Ejectors in NH3 DX Evaporators

Best Practices, Efficiency, Performance / By Jayson Noetzelman

In the past few decades, the world around us has undergone a lot of changes. The world of Direct Expansion (DX) ammonia refrigeration, however, hasn’t changed a whole lot. Enhanced tubes or fins have brought some improvements to the tried-and-true evaporators we are all familiar with. Controls technology has advanced to allow us to utilize

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