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Henry B. Bonar, II
CEO Bonar Engineering and Construction Company
Background Mr. Bonar was born February, 1941, and graduated from Chamberlain High School, Tampa, Florida, in 1959, and The University of Florida in 1964 with a BSME Degree. Mr. Bonar grew up in refrigeration, his father was active for many years in his own firm in Tampa.
After college, Mr. Bonar's first employment was with Merchants Refrigerating Company, New York, New York, from 1964 to 1967 as an engineer. He was responsible for engineering and construction of new projects for refrigerated warehouses and refrigeration systems.
Employed by Florida Ice Machines and American Refrigeration in Jacksonville from 1967 to 1975 as Director, Treasurer, and Vice President of Engineering, his responsibilities included engineering and project management for industrial refrigeration systems. This included engineering specifications and equipment components, pipe, valves and fittings, as well as insulated structures for low temperature refrigeration and insulated systems.
In 1975, Mr. Bonar formed Henry B. Bonar, II, Proprietorship, and later Bonar Engineering, and Construction Company, Inc. for the engineering of refrigerated systems and facilities.
Education Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida
Experience As principal, Mr. Bonar's responsibilities include management of a variety of refrigeration projects, overseeing, engineering design specification development for equipment components, insulated structures, support and control systems.
Mr. Bonar is a mechanical engineer specializing in refrigeration systems and controls. He has 30 years of experience in the field including ammonia, glycol, CO2, refrigeration systems.
Education/Lecture Activity TRREF/WFLO - Oklahoma City, OK, Instructor, Refrigeration Training School
IIAR - Industrial Refrigeration Workshops, 1992, Chicago, IL, 1993, Manhattan, KS, and 1994, Charlotte, NC, Refrigeration Instructor
IIAR - Industrial Ammonia Refrigeration Safety Seminar, 1988, Jacksonville, FL, and Citrus Hill, Lakeland, Florida
PSM (Process Safety Management), Trainer Refrigeration Personnel
National Fire Academy's Chemistry of Hazardous Materials 80 Hour Course
Publications Industry in the Cold, Published by International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration. Edited by Henry B. Bonar, II.
"Convenience Store Explores The Potential of Ammonia," Published by Gordon Duffy, Publishing Director, Engineered Systems, Vol. 7, No. 1, January/February 1990. Article/Edited.
"DON'T TAKE Programmable Controllers On Ammonia Systems For Granted," Written by Henry B. Bonar, II, Published by Engineered Systems, Vol. 8, No. 2, March 1991. Article.
Cleanup Procedures For Refrigerant Ammonia Spills, Excerpts by William A. Ostner, Published and Edited by Henry B. Bonar, II, 1984.
"Refrigeration Design Safety," Lecture by Henry B. Bonar, II, for RETA - Anaheim, CA, 1985.
"Industrial Refrigeration Design Safety," Paper by Henry B. Bonar, II, Transactions of the 1988 Citrus Engineering Conference, Vol. XXXIV, March 1988.
“A History of Thermosyphon Oil Cooling” Paper by Henry B. Bonar,II given at 1989 IIAR March 12-15 Annual Meeting
"Effects of Increased Energy Cost On Refrigeration Warehouse Construction," Written by Henry B. Bonar, II, ASHRAE Journal, Vol. 16, No. 11, 1974, Article.
"Technical Aspects of Recirculated Ammonia," Lecture by Henry B. Bonar, II, for IIAR - Atlanta, GA 1996.
“Water Dump Tanks: Fact or Fiction?” Paper at 1998 IIAR March 15-18 Annual Meeting.
“Proper Application of Good Practice with Ammonia Pumps” Paper at March 19-22, IIAR 2000 Annual Meeting
“Single vs Two-Stage Efficiency Considerations” Paper at IIAR 2002 March 17-20, 2002 Annual Meeting.
"Refrigeration Systems -No Sweat, Desiccants and Industrial Refrigeration," Written by Henry B. Bonar, II, Process Cooling & Equipment, May 2004, Article.
Patents 1981 - Patent No. 4,282,717 - Oil Separator and Heat Exchanger For Vapor Compression Refrigeration System
2002 – Patent No. 6,484,498 B1 - Appartus and method for converting Thermal to electrical energy
PE Registrations Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin
Professional Organizations ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), member since 1970.
ASHRAE (American Society of Mfg. Refrigeration & AC Engineers), member since 1969.
IIAR (International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration), Past-President 1986 - 1987 Charter Member and current member.
IARW (International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses), member
LEPC (The Local Emergency Planning Committee, Jacksonville, Florida), committee member.
TRRF (The Refrigeration Research Foundation), Co-Chairman, refrigeration engineering committee.
Awards IIAR 1985 Member of the year
LEPC 2001 Florida State Emergency Response Commission for Hazardous Materials Thomas Yatabe Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
LEPC 2006 Florida State Emergency Response Commission for Hazardous Materials Thomas Yatabe Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
IIAR 2008 Honorary Life Member
Project ExperienceSanderson Farms, Inc. Waco, Texas – Design of a 400,000 s.f. central ammonia refrigeration system for poultry freezing and cooling. The project included multi-freezing and storage.
New Orleans Cold Storage, Jourdan Road Facility Port of New Orleans, Louisiana – Design and Construction of 185,000 s.f., $9.4m, facility, including freezers, blast freezers, dock and office for port operation. 2007
Gulf Coast Cold Storage Pascagoula, Mississippi – 165,000 s.f. warehouse conversion and construction, including freezers, blast freezers and dock for existing and new freezer conversion.
Coors, Elkton, Virginia – Design of brewery central ammonia refrigeration system. Included 40 fermenters and heat exchangers. 2007
Sanderson Farms, Inc. Kinston N.C., – Design of a 450,000 s.f., $9.1m, central ammonia refrigeration system for poultry processing, freezing and cooling. The project included multi-freezing and storage.. 2009
Puerto Rico Supplies (Hibiscus Properties), San Juan, PR –construction of a $15m, 200,000 s.f. facility and design and construction of a central ammonia refrigeration system for freezer and cooler storage, as well as candy processing. 2010
Russia; Ice Cream Production in republic of Tatarstan; 1995
Del Tropic; El Salador; Vegetable processing /freezing; 2000
Prestomar; El Salvador; Shrimp processing /Freezing; 2001
Mayasal; Guatemala City; Shrimp processing/Freezing; 2001
Moldova/Ukraine; Meat/Fish processing/Freezing; 2002
India; processing Vegetable other perishable foods ; 2005
Egypt; Upper Nile PHP & Proc facilities for small farmers; 2006
Houdraus USDA Cold Chain processing &DC 2007
Kosovo 11 Sites USAID PHP Blueberries ,Mushrooms 2008
Serbia USAID/DAI multi Sites PHP Fruits &Vegetables 2009
