| If you don't think that you have ever come in | | | | exactly right it can lead to higher than desired |
| contact with refrigeration engineering you are | | | | temperatures. If you are experiencing an increase |
| wrong! At some point during the week most | | | | in temperature it could be due in large part to not |
| people come in contact with this and don't even | | | | enough ammonia. In some systems you can add |
| know it. If you own a convenience or grocery | | | | ammonia yourself or you may need to call out a |
| store you definitely come in contact with it, in | | | | professional. |
| fact you might even need help getting it serviced. | | | | Most grocery stores and the like have a |
| Refrigeration engineering simply refers to the way | | | | refrigeration professional on contract so |
| your refrigeration system works. From time to | | | | whenever there is an issue they can simply call on |
| time these systems run into problems which may | | | | the company that provides them with the |
| require that you call on a professional. | | | | services to come out and fix the problem within a |
| Industrial refrigeration is found in many places. As | | | | couple hours. Depending on your contract, the |
| was mentioned above you will find refrigeration | | | | company will ensure that the problem is fixed |
| systems at your local grocery store and | | | | within a certain time frame, when possible. For |
| convenience stores, at ice skating rinks, and other | | | | companies it is important to have someone on |
| large spaces that need to be kept cold. When | | | | contract because if the space gets too warm it |
| working properly, the system will keep the area | | | | could potentially ruin hundreds or even thousands |
| at the preferred temperature which can be | | | | of dollars worth of products. |
| changed according to need. As you can see, | | | | For this reason, many people are going into the |
| industrial refrigeration touches our lives a lot more | | | | refrigeration engineering field. This is a job that is |
| than we might think and if something goes wrong | | | | in high demand. You can see why when you stop |
| it can go really wrong and affect not just one | | | | and realize how many places use refrigeration |
| person but a whole community. | | | | systems and the possibility that at some point |
| Most grocery stores and food processing plants | | | | every day, someone will need their system fixed |
| use what is called ammonia refrigeration. Ammonia | | | | or serviced. Refrigeration is a big business for |
| works its way through the lines of the system | | | | those that use it and those that service it despite |
| and effectively cools all of the products and space | | | | the fact that most people don't realize how much |
| within the system. If the ammonia levels are not | | | | it really does do for them. |