Event
- Event ID
- 582
- Quality
- Description
- An explosion occurred in hydrogen compressor, followed by a fire, due to rupture of 4 inch suction pipe to the compressor.
"there was a substantial release of hydrogen, which exploded and continued to burn until it was extinguished".
3 fatalities. - Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Compressor / Booster / Pump (Pipe)
- How was it involved?
- Rupture & Formation Of A Flammable H2-Air Mixture
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical Industry
- Sub-application
- unkown refinery process
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- Hydrogen Compression (No additional details provided)
- All components affected
- suction pipe,
H2 compressor - Location type
- Unknown
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 2
- Number of fatalities
- 3
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Associated press Newspaper news on 6 Dec 1984<br />
https://www.apnews.com/1caf3098e31244fbb9f2fa32ea1b314c<br />
(accessed may 2020)
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- News
