Event
- Event ID
- 589
- Quality
- Description
- Hydrogen line at ammonia plant sprang a leak which ignited. Fire put out immediately causing no damage.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Fire (No additional details provided)
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Pipe
- How was it involved?
- Leak & Formation Of A Flammable H2-Nh3-Air Mixture
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Ammonia production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- hydrogen pipeline
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Post-event summary
- Fire put out immediately causing no damage.
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Original source lost
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- Unknown
