Event
- Event ID
- 78
- Quality
- Description
- This incident occurred at a at an electronics plant. While transferring of hydrogen from a compressed hydrogen tube trailer to stationary cylinder banks, a leak developed on the transfer hose and ignited.
[Zalosh and Short, 1978] - Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Fire (No additional details provided)
- Macro-region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Hose (Trailer)
- How was it involved?
- Leak & Formation Of A Flammable H2-Air Mixture
- Initiating cause
- Material Degradation (Generic)
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
- Root CAUSE analysis
- The INITIATING CAUSE was the failure of a connection pipe on the stationary storage tank, when transferring.
The ROOT CAUSE is unknown
Facility
- Application
- Hydrogen Transport And Distribution
- Sub-application
- CGH2 tube trailer
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- Hydrogen Transport (No additional details provided)
- All components affected
- hose
- Location type
- Open
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Pre-event occurrences
- The capacity data provided by the PHMSA source are not credible, probably given in the wrong units
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Environmental damage
- 0
- Currency
- US$
- Property loss (onsite)
- 0
- Property loss (offsite)
- 0
- Emergency action
- The explosion and fire occurred at 3:32. .
By 4:00 several intense local fires were burning on the floor of the hall, and insulation from the severely damaged roof was burning.
The fire was fought by water beams: it was contained by 5:00, but water was continued on the burning roof until 10:00 am or later.
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Extract from Table III of Appendix A of Zalosh and Short<br />
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HYDROGEN FIRE AND EXPLOSION INCIDENTS<br />
Quarterly Report No. 2 for Period December 1, 1977 - February 28, 1978<br />
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6566131<br />
(accessed September 2020)
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- Zalosh
