Event
- Event ID
- 268
- Quality
- Description
- A hydrogen leak followed by an explosion occurred at an elbow of a pipe between the cooling system and the separator of the distillation unit. The explosion destroyed the unit and injured two workers.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Pipe
- How was it involved?
- Leak & Formation Of A Flammable H2-Air Mixture
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Generic refinery process
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- Unknown
- Location type
- Confined
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 2
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Currency
- US$
- Property loss (onsite)
- 15000000
- Post-event summary
- The raw oil distillation unit was destroyed , wit ha loos of 15 millions US dollars
- Emergency action
- None
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
- Deflagration
- N
- High pressure explosion
- N
- High voltage explosion
- N
References
- Reference & weblink
Event no 13392 in the French database ARIA<br />
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/13392/<br />
(accessed October 2020)<br />Rigas F., Amyotte P., Hydrogen safety, Green chemistry and chemical engineering, CRC Press, Taylor & Frances Group; 2012. ISBN-13: 978-1439862315
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ARIA
