Event
- Event ID
- 611
- Quality
- Description
- Naphtha and hydrogen gas leaked out from the gasoline reformer at a refinery, as the relief-valve was operated after its repair.
Although the source (Asian database ADRC) does not mention it, by looking at the fatalities it can be assumed that the mixture took fire and/or exploded, - Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- Japan
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Prd (Valve)
- How was it involved?
- Erroneous Release & Formation Of A Flammable H2-Air Mixture
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical Industry
- Sub-application
- catalytic reforming process
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- gasoline reformer, naphta and hydrogen line
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Pre-event occurrences
- Restart after the repair of the affected valve
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 10
- Number of fatalities
- 34
Event Nature
- Release type
- Gas-liquid mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2,
naphta - Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Event record #5822 in the Database of Disasters and Accidents - Accident and Disaster Information Center<br />
This database is provided by the ADRC - Asian Disaster Reduction Centre<br />
https://www.adrc.asia/adrc/content.php?ID=5822<br />
(accessed September 2020)
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