Event
- Event ID
- 823
- Quality
- Description
- In a hydro-desulphurisation unit of a refinery, a leak on a hydrogen line ignited and damaged the surrounding lines, including one with acid gas.
The weather conditions (fog and very little wind) raised fears of poisoning for the personnel of the units. The fire, however, was located and did not destroy vital lines. - 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
- United Kingdom
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Pipe
- How was it involved?
- Leak & Formation Of A Flammable H2-Air Mixture
- Initiating cause
- Material Degradation (Generic)
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Hydrodesulphurisation process
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- hydrogen line, hydrodesulphurization reactor
- 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
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
ARIA data base <br />
event no. 23137
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ARIA
