Event
- Event ID
- 24
- Quality
- Description
Explosion as a result of detonation of gases inside container in turbine section causing 2 casualties .
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- Switzerland
- Date
- Component involved
- H2 coolant system
- Failure mode
- internal explosion
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 28/02/2009
Facility
- Application
- Power plant
- Sub-application
- unspecified power plant
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
turbine
- Process temperature range [C]
- Above ambient temperature (50°C to 100°C)
- Location type
- Confined
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
- UNKNOWN
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 2
- Number of injured persons
- 0
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- unspecified
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
References
- Sources categories
- FACTS
- Reference & weblink
Source unvailable
