Event
- Event ID
- 899
- Quality
- Description
- An explosion occurred on a hydrogen compressor due to an air ingress.
The explosion projectiles damaged an ammonia storage tank with consequent ammonia release (domino effect)
Three people were injured. - 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
- How was it involved?
- Internal Explosion (H2-Air Mixture)
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
- Root CAUSE analysis
- INITIATING CAUSE is the entrance of air into a hydrogen system
ROOT CAUSE is unknown.
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Ammonia production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- Hydrogen Compression (No additional details provided)
- All components affected
- hydrogen compressor, ammonia tank
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 3
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Post-event summary
- Ammonia release to the environment
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
- High pressure explosion
- Y
References
- Reference & weblink
ARIA event 14870<br />
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/14870/ <br />
(accessed August 2020)
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ARIA
