Fire from a CGH2 tube trailer just loaded

Event

Event ID: 224
Quality: 2
Description: A compressed hydrogen tube trailer was fully loaded and parked, when a rupture disc on one of the tubes failed. The escaping hydrogen ignited.
9583 cu ft (approximately 23 kg) of hydrogen were released.

[Zalosh and Short, 1978]
Event Initiating system: Hydrogen System Initiating Event
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: 31/12/1975
Main component involved?: Prd (Burst Disc)
How was it involved?: Premature Activation
Initiating cause: Material Degradation (Generic)
Root causes: Material/ Manufacturing Error
Root CAUSE analysis: The INITIATING CAUSE was the premature opening of the burst disc.
The ROOT CAUSE is unknown, because it is unknown if the disc failed due to lack of maintenance, wrong installation or wrong material choice.

Application: Hydrogen Transport And Distribution
Sub-application: CGH2 tube trailer
Hydrogen supply chain stage: Hydrogen Transport (No additional details provided)
All components affected: burst disc
Location type: Open
Location description: Industrial Area
Operational condition: Normal
Pre-event occurrences: Assuming that the trailer was consisting of 10 tubes, the total transported quantity was approximately 230 kg.

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)
References\Zalosh and Short 1978 Quarterly 2 Table III.pdf