Event
- Event ID
- 54
- Quality
- Description
The fire was the consequence of the malfunctioning of a hydrogen compressor. This compressor was used to supply hydrogen to a reactor unit amining at increasing gasoline octane values.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- fire
- Macro-region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Date
- Component involved
- compressor / booster / pump
- Failure mode
- leak & ignition
- Initiating cause
- material degradation (generic)
- Root CAUSE analysis
INITIATING CAUSE was the malfunctioning of a hydrogen compressor. No details on the type of release caused, and no possibility to derive a root cause.
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 28/02/2009
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical industry
- Sub-application
- Fuel processing
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
Hydrogen compressor
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Post-event summary
No consequence to persons or other equipment.
A backup compressor was temporarily used.
No impact on our production of gasoline
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- News
- Reference & weblink
MyPlainViews news of September 13. 2003:
https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Fire-at-refinery-damages-compr…
(accessed December 2023)HIAD 1.0 reporting template (Original source unavailable).
