Event
- Event ID
- 128
- Quality
- Description
- Hydrogen exploded in a compressor unit at a chemical plant, causing a fire.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Compressor / Booster / Pump
- How was it involved?
- Internal Explosion
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- unspecified
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- Hydrogen Compression (No additional details provided)
- All components affected
- compressor unit
- Location type
- Unknown
- 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
References
- Reference & weblink
The link to this technical magazine is lost
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- FireWorld
