Event
- Event ID
- 690
- Quality
- Description
- The explosion occurred in the ammonia/hydrogen separator of the ammonia reactor due to metallurgical problem.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Date
- Root causes
- Root CAUSE analysis
- Material of construction failure (metals)
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Ammonia production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- reaction vessel, gas separator
- Location type
- Confined
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Post-event summary
- Affected equipment. Reaction vessel and separator
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2, NH3
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Event description extracted from the UK database ICHEME in PDF.<br />
The <br />
https://www.icheme.org/knowledge/safety-centre/resources/accident-data/ <br />
(accessed October 2020)
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ICHEME
