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fire on an oil cracker

Event

Event ID
22
Quality
Description
Break of pipeline in oil cracker, resulting in a continuous release in partially confined atmosphere.
Event Initiating system
Classification of the physical effects
Unignited Hydrogen Release
Nature of the consequences
Leak No Ignition (No additional details provided)
Macro-region
Asia
Country
Japan
Date
Main component involved?
Pipe
How was it involved?
Rupture & Formation Of A Flammable H2-Air Mixture
Initiating cause
Unknown
Root causes
Unknown (No additional details provided)

Facility

Application
Petrochemical Industry
Sub-application
Hydrocracking process
Hydrogen supply chain stage
Hydrogen Storage (No additional details provided)
All components affected
oil cracker
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
Emergency action
The wagon with the LH2 tank was uncoupled from the goods train and shunted to a siding track of the railway station, till the end of the release.

Event Nature

Release type
gas mixture
Involved substances (% vol)
H2
CO
Presumed ignition source
No ignition

References

Reference & weblink

From Bockholts and Koehorst,<br />
Handbuch Störfälle, 1992<br />
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/2727450

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