Event
- Event ID
- 946
- Quality
- Description
Hydrogen leaked and ignited on a cell in the sodium chlorate (NaClO3) workshop of a chlorinated products plant.
There were no victims and no damage to the environment. On-site firefighters controlled the start of the fire in 10 minutes.- 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
- electrolytic cell
- Failure mode
- rupture
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2018
Facility
- Application
- Chemical industry
- Sub-application
- Chlorine & derivates production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
sodium chlorate electrolyser
- Process temperature range [C]
- Above ambient temperature (50°C to 100°C)
- Process pressure range [MPa]
- medium pressure (2 to 10 MPa)
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Post-event summary
There were no victims and no damage to the environment.
- Emergency action
On-site firefighters controlled the start of the fire in 10 minutes.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- ARIA
- Reference & weblink
Event description in the French database ARIA
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/41599/
(accessed October 2020)
