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Whenever you share your knowledge with somebody, you're learning it twice for sure.

The same thing about refrigeration topics, sharing your knowledge by training an apprentice or working with a design group or sales group, it doesn't really matter, as long as your passion to help others is there to improve and excel in the career of other technicians not only locally but globally.

So, join me in today's episode, let's grow more together and get better.

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Today we have Nigel Birkett from Gateway Mechanical and he will share with us the importance of how start-up and commission a CO2 system.

Nigel Birkett from Gateway Mechanical has been in the industry for over 20 years and is an expert in supermarket refrigeration. 

He will also share his recent role in starting up and commissioning a CO2 Transcritical Booster System.   

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Understanding that a project does not always go as planned
• Importance of communication with the manufacturer and customer
• Manufacture equipment can come with missing parts and things to look out for
• Steps when starting up and commissioning a CO2 system

Learn more about Nigel and Gateway Mechanical at https://gatewaymechanical.ca 

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Today's episode was a training recorded a few months back with Gary McCreadee from HVAC Know It All.  This was part 2 of the Basics of HVACR & The Refrigeration Cycle.  We had a large live audenace who had lots of great questions and we had some great conversations.

Here were some of the topic discussed:

• Why you should us temperatures when troubleshooting
• Latent Heat
• Different refrigeration terms
• How to charge a Daikin VRV Inverter systems using discharge superheat
• Why you want to keep your suction pressure up
• How to navigate a pressure enthalpy chart
• What is Flash gas and the issues it could cause

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Today's episode is about helping other technicians by sharing your knowledge, and giving and receiving feedback.

• When you're training and you're educating people, you need to understand
• where they're at,
• find ways to affect them,
• how's it going to help them
• and bring that person to the next level in their career as a technician.

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Today we have returning guest Benoit Rodier from Cimco Refrigeration. 

Benoit is an expert in CO2 refrigeration and shares a ton of valuable knowledge with us. 

In this episode,  we're gonna dive into how to design a direct transcritical CO2 refrigeration system and explore more about indirect and direct CO2 systems.

Get your pen and paper out because there is a ton of great information throughout this episode.

Here are the things you'll learn:

• The differences between indirect, direct, and direct CO2 systems
• Glycol vs Brine vs CO2
• Why does temperature change affect ice quality with an indirect floor
• NH3 vs R22 vs CO2 as a direct system
• Why CO2 is the more efficient for a direct system when building a global solution approach
• The advantages of new designs without having to build trenches for ice rink applications
• Shell and tube heat exchanger vs plate & frame heat exchanger
• Ice rink slab construction for indirect vs direct
•  Why so many Olympic and world records were broken at the 2022 Beijing Olympics

About Our Guest

Benoit Rodier is the Director of Business Development at Cimco Refrigeration.

Ben has been involved in industrial refrigeration for more than 25 years. 

Until today, Ben is driven by a passion for evolving, doing something new, and developing a new strategy and new ways of doing things in an industry of 150 years.

Connect with Benoit

LinkedIn:  Benoit Rodier

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Today, we're gonna dive into the different components that you really need to understand and how they work in CO2 refrigeration R744.

Because if you don't understand how they work, you're gonna have a tough time understanding how a refrigeration system uses only one refrigerant to do both medium and low temp applications all at the same time.

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Joining us today is my good friend Jake Henderson from the Neelands Group. 

We will discuss the processes and things to look for when running a CO2 commercial refrigeration project from the ground up.  

In today's episode, you'll learn:

• The steps needed to take before the equipment arrives on site
• Special tools needed for welding Transcritical piping
• Breaks down how to pressure test both the transcritical and subcritical sides
• Steps to properly charge a CO2 system
• Why he starts up the low temp freezer as a cooler first
• Breaks down the start-up procedures
• Reviews maintenance procedures during the first 3 months after commissioning
• Explains the importance as a foreman to share your knowledge with your team and coworkers

About Our Guest

Jake Henderson is a construction foreman and has been in the refrigeration industry for over 9 years.  

He has commissioned many CO2 systems and ran multiple CO2 projects from start to finish including startup. 

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Todays guest is Peter Frame Senior Engineering Specialist from KeepRite Refrigeration - https://kr-p.com This Podcast was recorded at the 2022 CMPX Show in Toronto Ontario  https://www.cmpxshow.com/

We had a great conversation on commercial refrigeration system design.

Topics we talked about:

• Supermarket Parallel Rack Oil Management
• High Pressure Oil Systems
• Low Pressure Oil Systems and how to set mechanical oil pots
• Troubleshooting Oil Management Systems
• Field support for technicians
• The importance of hands on experience
• Why it is important to work with and call the manufactures like KeepRite for support when you have issues
• Discussed some of the cool project Peter has been involved with like the Hydrocooler they custom designed and built for Bill Gates

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We spent the last two episodes talking about co2 as a refrigerant and we had some good conversations.

And now is Part 3 of the episode on (R-744) CO2 as a Refrigerant.

And I really like having CO2 conversations with people who are new to it, as well as people who are experienced in it.

Today I want to share things on co2 that we didn't really dive into and a lot of this is just a high-level overview that I'm going through. 

Nowadays, it's easy to gather CO2 information and you'll find more manufacturers have manuals, from components to equipment manufacturers which makes it easier to start learning the process of CO2 knowledge.

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Joining us today in our CO2 Mondays is Timo Kaufhold.

Timo will share with us what CAREL offers on their CO2 electronic valves and controller product lines.

We will dive into the different types of controllers like the EVD evolution and electronic valves

We will also touch on facility management controllers like the pRack and boss system.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Installing and troubleshooting CAREL CO2 electronic valves
• How to properly size a Subcritical and Transcritical CO2 electronic valve
• Overview of pRack and CO2 chill booster

CAREL sizing software - https://cpq.carel.com/ Download Everything For CO2 booklet 

Learn more about Timo Kaufhold: 

Linkedin: Tim Kaufhold

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