Event
- Event ID
- 828
- Quality
- Description
In a chemical plant, a fire broke out on a hydrogen column of an ammonia manufacturing unit.
The internal security service extinguishes the fire with powder and nitrogen injection.
The unit was cooled with water.- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- fire
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Date
- Component involved
- reactor / oven / furnace / test chamber
- Failure mode
- rupture & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2020
Facility
- Application
- Chemical industry
- Sub-application
- Ammonia production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
hydrogen column, ammonia reactor
- Process temperature range [C]
- High temperature (100°C to 500°C)
- Location type
- Open
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Emergency action
The internal security service extinguishes the fire with powder and nitrogen injection.
The unit was cooled with water.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- ARIA
- Reference & weblink
ARIA data base
event no. 3383
