Garden City Ammonia Program (GCAP) provides education for industrial refrigeration operators for efficiency, safety and compliance. Founded in 2003, the school provides training with natural refrigerants including ammonia and CO₂, for over 650 different companies. GCAP, recognized as one of the top programs in the U.S., will support the 3^rd annual ATMOsphere America 2014 conference as a Silver Sponsor!

Garden City Ammonia Program’s training spectrum is designed for a range of customers, from quick start customers with no experience to the seasoned operator. GCAP’s has live running systems in its labs for each division: ammonia refrigeration, CO₂ refrigeration, steam boilers and PSM/RMP compliance.

Hands on training & equipment

Working in permanent coordination with industry experts and end users, GCAP boasts one of the most complete training facilities in the world, with 3 different ammonia engine rooms, which include 20 different compressors (one running on an NH₃/CO₂ cascade system), and 5 live natural gas fire tube boilers, available for operator training. Recently, a new Mycom/Mayekawa NewTom 3000, the world’s first semi-hermetic screw compressor unit running on an NH₃/CO₂ cascade system, was installed at GCAP’s facility.

New CO₂ training

In addition to industrial ammonia training programs, GCAP also offers CO₂ training for technicians. GCAP’s CO₂ Division is one of the only schools in the United States with live running CO₂ equipment. The school currently offers a “CO₂ Technician” course, where one will study CO₂ transcritical, CO₂ brine, CO₂ compression and CO₂ heat pump applications. Technicians must have two years of industrial refrigeration experience and/or GCAP’s Ammonia Operator I course as prerequisites.

About ATMOsphere America 2014
18 & 19 June at The Westin Market Street in San Francisco, California

ATMOsphere America 2014’s 3^rd annual event promises to be even bigger and more exciting than previous conferences, with around 250 HVAC&R industry experts expected to attend. One of the major topics on the program is regulations, standards and training in the field of natural refrigerants. In addition to end-user and supplier panels, technology case study presentations, etc., the event introduces several new highlights including an HVAC session, the Workshop: Manage your assets – financing the transition, and an option Napa Valley Wine Tour and site visit.

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For general information about the event, please visit www.ATMO.org/america2014