Event
- Event ID
- 923
- Quality
- Description
- The fire occurred on a flange of a hydrogen supply line to a desulfurization reactor unit of diesel, which leaked and ignited (30 cm flame)
The leak was stopped by isolating the part of line affected, by closing the upstream and downstream valves , and shutting down the reactor. - 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
- Finland
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Flange
- 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
- Hydrodesulphurisation process
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- hydrogen supply line
- 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
- Flame type
- Jet flame
- Flame length (m)
- 0.3
References
- Reference & weblink
Event description in the French database ARIA<br />
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/47795/<br />
(accessed September 2020)
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ARIA
