Event
- Event ID
- 695
- Quality
- Description
Hydrogen release and explosion due to a leak in a high pressure hydrogen storage tank, during first start-up of plant.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Date
- Component involved
- CGH2 tank (stationary)
- Failure mode
- leak & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2021
Facility
- Application
- Unknown
- Sub-application
- CGH2 stationary storage
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
compressed hydrogen Tank
- 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
- Pre-event occurrences
The accident occurred during the first start-up of plant.
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Post-event summary
Rigas&Amyotte reoprts 15 injuries and 26 fatalities. It is however unclear if they refer to the same event, because they provide only the year.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
References
- Sources categories
- ICHEME
- Reference & weblink
Event no. 4490 of the UK ICHEME database in PDF format:
https://www.icheme.org/knowledge/safety-centre/resources/accident-data/
(accessed July 2020)Rigas F., Amyotte P., Hydrogen safety, Green chemistry and chemical engineering, CRC Press, Taylor & Frances Group; 2012. ISBN-13: 978-1439862315
SEDGWICK LOSS CONTROL NEWSLETTER, 3RD QUARTER, 1990.
