Event
- Event ID
- 962
- Quality
- Description
- A fire started in a refinery's gas oil desulphurization unit. The purpose of this unit is to separate sulphur from hydrocarbons and to do so, the latter are raised to 340°C in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst.
A gasket would be responsible for the emission of the gas that then ignited. - Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Fire (No additional details provided)
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Date
- Root causes
- Root CAUSE analysis
- According to ARIA report, the possible cause was the failure of a gasket.
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Hydrodesulphurisation process
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- reactor, gasket
- Location type
- Open
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2,
Hydrocarbons (probably)
H2S (probably) - Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Event description in the French database ARIA<br />
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/18237/<br />
(accessed October 2020)<br />
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ARIA
