Event
- Event ID
- 968
- Quality
- Description
- Following a trip caused by the safeguarding of an ammonia production line, the syngas released into the atmosphere and ignited.
- 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
- France
- Date
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Ammonia production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- ammonia reactor , safeguards
- Location type
- Open
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Post-event summary
- The incident has no other consequence.
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas mixture (syngas)
- Involved substances (% vol)
- syngas
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Event description in the French database ARIA<br />
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/9890/<br />
(accessed October 2020)<br />
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ARIA
