Event
- Event ID
- 275
- Quality
- Description
Fire in bulk hydrogen storage compound. Pressure gauge shut off valve spindle blown out (could be completely unscrewed and removed). The subsequent leak ignited by unknown source. No injuries sustained by personnel. Fire extinguished by station staff.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- European Union
- Date
- Component involved
- valve (shut-off)
- Failure mode
- leak & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root CAUSE analysis
INITIATING cause was the blown off of the pressure gauge shut off valve spindle.
The subsequent leak ignited by unknown source.
Nothing can be said on the root cause- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 28/02/2009
Facility
- Application
- Hydrogen stationary storage
- Sub-application
- GH2 storage
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
Pressure gauge valve
- Process temperature range [C]
- ambient temperature (-50°C to +50°C)
- Process pressure range [MPa]
- medium to high pressure (10 to 50 MPa)
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- unknown
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Emergency action
Station staff extinguished fire.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
References
- Sources categories
- HSE
- Reference & weblink
Event description provided by HSE, original source confidential
