Event
- Event ID
- 611
- Quality
- Description
Naphtha and hydrogen gas leaked out from the gasoline reformer at a refinery, as the relief-valve was operated after its repair.
Although the source (Asian database ADRC) does not mention it, by looking at the fatalities it can be assumed that the mixture took fire and/or exploded,- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- Japan
- Date
- Component involved
- PRD (valve)
- Failure mode
- erroneous release & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2020
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical industry
- Sub-application
- Catalytic reforming processes
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
gasoline reformer, naphta and hydrogen line
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
- Pre-event occurrences
Restart after the repair of the affected valve
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 34
- Number of injured persons
- 10
In-depth data
- Release type
- Gas-liquid mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2,
naphta - Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
References
- Sources categories
- Collections
- Reference & weblink
Event record #5822 in the Database of Disasters and Accidents - Accident and Disaster Information Center
This database is provided by the ADRC - Asian Disaster Reduction Centre
https://www.adrc.asia/adrc/content.php?ID=5822
(accessed September 2020)
