Event
- Event ID
- 809
- Quality
- Description
- In a chemical plant, an explosion occurred on the primary reformer of an ammonia manufacturing unit.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Date
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Ammonia production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- reformer
- Location type
- Semiconfined
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2,
NH3,
possibly other gases - Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
ARIA data base <br />
event no. 5409
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ARIA
