Cold Front Newsletters
Our newsletter, The Cold Front, is published quarterly and distributed electronically. It is designed to disseminate information on topics related to industrial refrigeration, IRC activities, and educational opportunities. The newsletter is an outreach activity of the IRC. To receive the latest newsletter by email, interested parties can sign up at no cost.
 | Cold Front - Vol. 1 No. 1, 2001 Newsletter Ammonia Sensors Future Engineers visit Kraft Introducing the IRC Vessel Fundamentals 2001-06-07, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 1 No. 2, 2001 Newsletter Benchmarking Refrigeration Systems IRC Leads with Ammonia Refrigeration Web Course IRC Members` Hotline 2001-08-21, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 1 No. 3, 2001 Newsletter Code Changes for Relief Vent Lines Emergency Eye Wash and Shower Stations 2001-11-09, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 10 No. 1, 2010 Newsletter Back to Basic: Centrifugal Refrigerant Pumps 2010-04-20, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 10 No. 2, 2010 Newsletter Management of Change 2010-08-02, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 10 No. 3, 2010 Newsletter Pre-Startup Safety Review 2013-01-22, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 10 No. 4, 2010 Newsletter Are Your Critical Safety Systems Functional? 2013-01-22, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 11 No. 1, 2011 Newsletter Pressure Relief Valve Capacity Determination for Equipment 2013-01-22, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 11 No. 2, 2011 Newsletter Understanding and Preventing Frost Heave in Refrigerated Facilities 2013-01-22, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 11 No. 3, 2011 Newsletter Pressure and Leak Testing 2013-01-22, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 11 No. 4, 2011 Newsletter Personnel Qualification for Pressure and Leak Testing 2012-05-18, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 12 No. 1, 2012 Newsletter Engineering Relief Systems - Relief Valve Sizing Considerations 2012-10-05, Reindl & Jekel |
| Cold Front - Vol. 12 No. 2, 2012 Newsletter Scenarios for Sizing Relief Vent Systems 2012-10-05, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 12 No. 3, 2012 Newsletter Understanding Pipe Insulation for Industrial Refrigeration Systems 2012-12-26, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 12 No. 4, 2012 Newsletter Solid Desiccants: Back to Basics 2013-02-22, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 13 No. 1, 2013 Newsletter Prospects For Desiccants In Refrigerated Facility Applications 2013-07-12, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 13 No. 2, 2013 Newsletter Outlet Connection Size Piping on Safety Relief Valves: Facts & Fiction 2013-10-01, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 13 No. 3, 2013 Newsletter Compressor Sequencing & Control for Efficient Operation 2013-12-20, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 13 No. 4, 2013 Newsletter The Net Zero Food Plant 2014-01-14, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 14 No. 1, 2014 Newsletter Near Misses - What are they & why do they matter Near Miss Case Study 2014-04-15, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 14 No. 2, 2014 Newsletter Standards Update - ASHRAE Publishes the 2013 Edition of Standard 15 2014-07-07, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 14 No. 3, 2014 Newsletter Oil Management - Do's and Dont's 2014-09-30, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 14 No. 4, 2014 Newsletter Want Better Ice? Look Up For The Answer -0001-11-30, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 15 No. 1, 2015 Newsletter Net-Zero Analysis of a Refrigerated Warehouse Part 1: Photovoltaics 2015-08-05, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 15 No. 2, 2015 Newsletter Net-Zero Analysis of a Refrigerated Warehouse Part 2: Wind & Hybrid 2015-10-12, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 15 No. 3, 2015 Newsletter Inventory Determination for Ammonia Refrigeration Systems 2015-12-03, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 15 No. 4, 2015 Newsletter Material and Energy Balance For the Ammonia Refrigeration Industry 2016-03-04, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 16 No. 1, 2016 Newsletter Commissioning - A Process to Achieve Sustainable Refrigerated Facilities 2016-12-31, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 16 No. 2, 2016 Newsletter Commissioning - A Process to Achieve Sustainable Refrigerated Facilities Part 2 2016-12-31, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 17 No. 1, 2017 Newsletter Commissioning - A Process to Achieve Sustainable Refrigerated Facilities Part 3 2018-01-25, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 17 No. 2, 2017 Newsletter Adiabatic Condensers - An Overview 2018-01-25, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 2 No. 1, 2002 Newsletter 2002 IRC Activities 2002 IRC Meetings Wrap-up Energy Efficiency...more than talk IRC Webcourse Announcment Refrigeration Operator Certification Workshop 2002-04-11, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 2 No. 2, 2002 Newsletter Ammonia Certification Operator Retreat Real-time Pricing Operation Strategies for Warehouses 2002-08-11, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 2 No. 3, 2002 Newsletter Defrost Study Announcement New Course Description: Auditing PSM Screw Compressors: Selection Considerations Part I 2002-10-21, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 2 No. 4, 2002 Newsletter Course Profile: Ammonia Refrigeration Energy Efficiency Opportunities Screw Compressors: Selection Considerations Part II 2002-12-12, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 3 No. 1, 2003 Newsletter Benchmarking Study Invitation Closed Refrigerant Circuit for Screw Compressor Oil Cooling PSM Auditing Course 2003-04-17, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 3 No. 2, 2003 Newsletter e-Learning Production Rate Influence on Benchmarking Upcoming EPD Ammonia Refrigeration Design Course 2003-06-27, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 3 No. 3, 2003 Newsletter Benefits of IRC membership - Plan for 2004 Liquid Injection vs. Thermosiphon Oil Cooling of Screw Compressors 2003-10-10, Collaborative |
| Cold Front - Vol. 3 No. 4, 2003 Newsletter IRC R&T Forum Reminder Refrigerant Management and Long Term Planning 2003-12-18, Collaborative |
| Cold Front - Vol. 4 No. 1, 2004 Newsletter 2004 R&T Forum Wrapup Engineering Calculations for PSM and RMP EPA RMP Amendment Announcement 2004-04-08, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 4 No. 2, 2004 Newsletter 2004 IRC Webcourse: Overview of Ammonia Refrigeration Systems VFDs for Evaporative Condenser Fans 2004-07-09, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 4 No. 3, 2004 Newsletter Best Practices Workshop: NDT Methods for Mechanical Integrity VFDs for Screw Compressors 2004-09-10, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 4 No. 4, 2004 Newsletter Best Practices Workshop: NDT Methods for Mechanical Integrity Wrapup Overview of Ammonia Refrigeration Webcourse Wrapup VFDs for Evaporator Fans 2004-12-29, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 5 No. 1, 2005 Newsletter Engineering Calculations for PSM & RMP IRC`s Energy Efficiency Guidebook Availability Announcement Stress Corrosion Cracking: Defining & Diagnosing 2005-04-14, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 5 No. 2, 2005 Newsletter PHAs for Ammonia Refrigeration Systems Stress Corrosion Cracking: Prevention Thank you! Stress Corrosion Cracking: Prevention PHAs for Ammonia Refrigeration Systems Thank you! 2005-07-05, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 5 No. 3, 2005 Newsletter Infiltration Determination in Low Temperature Freezing Systems IRC Accomplishments Part I 2005-10-04, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 5 No. 4, 2005 Newsletter Air Balance Issues in Refrigerated Facilities IRC Accomplishments Part II 2006-01-18, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 6 No. 1, 2006 Newsletter Relief Valves 101 Test Your Safety Relief System IQ 2006-04-25, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 6 No. 2, 2006 Newsletter Engineering Safety Relief Systems Webcourse Relief Valves & Releases Test Your Safety Relief System IQ-Solution 2006-08-29, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 6 No. 3, 2006 Newsletter Engineering Safety Relief Systems Webcourse Single- or Two-stage Compression? 2006-11-27, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 6 No. 4, 2006 Newsletter Heat Recovery Opportunities in Industrial Refrigeration Systems 2007-01-10, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 7 No. 1, 2007 Newsletter Introduction to Food Chilling & Freezing Sustainability 2007-04-24, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 7 No. 2, 2007 Newsletter Visual Inspection of Piping & Vessels for Mechanical Integrity. Part 1: Failure Mechanisms 2007-08-17, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 7 No. 3, 2007 Newsletter Visual Inspection of Piping & Vessels for Mechanical Integrity. Part 2: Visual Inspection of Piping 2007-12-20, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 7 No. 4, 2007 Newsletter BACK TO BASICS: The Quest for Energy Efficiency Improvements in your Industrial Refrigeration System 2007-12-20, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 8 No. 1, 2008 Newsletter Refrigerant Release Estimation 2008-04-10, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 8 No. 2, 2008 Newsletter Hazard Control Principles & Practices of Mechanical Integrity for Industrial Refrigeration Systems 2008-07-11, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 8 No. 3, 2008 Newsletter Back-to-Basics: Frost 2008-10-07, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 8 No. 4, 2008 Newsletter Back-to-Basics: Defrost 2006-05-10, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 9 No. 1, 2009 Newsletter Understanding Hydraulic Shock 2009-06-25, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 9 No. 2, 2009 Newsletter Low-Temperature Refrigeration Options 2009-09-02, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 9 No. 3, 2009 Newsletter Strategies for Conducting Independent Mechanical Integrity Inspections 2009-12-11, IRC |
| Cold Front - Vol. 9 No. 4, 2009 Newsletter Back to Basics: Centrifugal Pumps 2010-02-18, IRC |