Event
- Event ID
- 122
- Quality
- Description
- The incident took place in compression room of methanol synthesis manufactory. As a result of the destruction of a pipe, a mixture of pressurised gases (mostly hydrogen) filled compression room and then exploded.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- Ukraine
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Compressor / Booster / Pump (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
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Methanol production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- Hydrogen Compression (No additional details provided)
- All components affected
- compressor pipelines
- Location type
- Confined
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 1
- Number of fatalities
- 0
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
- Deflagration
- Y
- High pressure explosion
- N
- High voltage explosion
- N
References
- Reference & weblink
Provided to HIAD 1.0 by HySafe NoE. (Original source unavailable).
JRC assessment
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