Event
- Event ID
- 524
- Quality
- Description
- Carbon steel corrosion resulted in release of hydrogen at 500°C from the hydrogen reformer, resulting in a fire.
[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?
- Pipe
- How was it involved?
- Rupture & Formation Of A Flammable H2-Air Mixture
- Root causes
- Root CAUSE analysis
- The INITIATING CAUSE was the degradation of a carbon steel, easily degrading in presence of hydrogen.
The ROOT CAUSE was probably a shortcoming in the choice of materials, due to a lack of knowledge related to steel behaviour in hydrogen atmospheres.
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical Industry
- Sub-application
- naphtha reforming
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- Location type
- Open
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Currency
- US$
- Property loss (onsite)
- 0
Event Nature
- Ignition delay
- Auto-ignition
References
- Reference & weblink
Table II - Industrial Incidents 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
