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Explosion in a chemical plant

Event

Event ID
740
Quality
Description
Explosion due to injection of hydrogen into a furnace containing residual air.
Event Initiating system
Classification of the physical effects
Hydrogen Release and Ignition
Nature of the consequences
Macro-region
Asia
Country
Japan
Date
Root causes
Unknown (No additional details provided)

Facility

Application
Chemical Industry
Sub-application
unspecified
Hydrogen supply chain stage
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

Event Nature

Release type
gas
Involved substances (% vol)
H2 100%
Presumed ignition source
Not reported

References

Reference & weblink

Orignal source lost. RISCAD is closed.

JRC assessment