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Fire in a hydrogen production plant

Event

Event ID
483
Quality
Description

A bourdon valve failed releasing hydrogen, which ignited.

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
gauge/instrument
Failure mode
rupture
Initiating cause
unknown
Root causes
Date entry in HIAD
28/01/2026

Facility

Application
hydrogen production plant
Hydrogen supply chain stage
All components affected

CGH2 storage tank

Process temperature range [C]
unknown
Process pressure range [MPa]
unknown
Location type
Unknown
Location
unknown
Operational condition
UNKNOWN

Emergency & Consequences

Number of fatalities
0
Number of injured persons
0
Currency
US$
Property loss (onsite)
39.000

In-depth data

Release type
gas
Involved substances (% vol)
H2 100%
Probable IGNITION SOURCE

References

Sources categories
Zalosh
Reference & weblink

Table II - Industrial Incidents of Appendix A of Zalosh and Short COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HYDROGEN FIRE AND EXPLOSION INCIDENTS Quarterly Report No. 2 for Period December 1, 1977 - February 28, 1978 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6566131 (accessed September 2020)