Event
- Event ID
- 268
- Quality
- Description
A hydrogen leak followed by an explosion occurred at an elbow of a pipe between the cooling system and the separator of the distillation unit. The explosion destroyed the unit and injured two workers.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- South Korea
- Date
- Component involved
- pipe (generic)
- Failure mode
- leak & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 28/02/2009
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical industry
- Sub-application
- Unspecified refinery process
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
Unknown
- Location type
- Confined
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 2
- Currency
- US$
- Property loss (onsite)
- 15.000.000
- Post-event summary
The raw oil distillation unit was destroyed , wit ha loos of 15 millions US dollars
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
References
- Sources categories
- ARIA
- Reference & weblink
Event no 13392 in the French database ARIA
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/13392/
(accessed October 2020)Rigas F., Amyotte P., Hydrogen safety, Green chemistry and chemical engineering, CRC Press, Taylor & Frances Group; 2012. ISBN-13: 978-1439862315
