Event
- Event ID
- 540
- Quality
- Description
A series of explosions occurred in a converter where hydrogen is extracted from ammonia. A fire occurred as a result of the incident.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Date
- Component involved
- reactor / oven / furnace / test chamber
- Failure mode
- internal explosion
- 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
reactor
- Process temperature range [C]
- High temperature (100°C to 500°C)
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- unknown
- Operational condition
- UNKNOWN
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 20
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
References
- Sources categories
- News
- Reference & weblink
FINANCIAL TIMES, 1977, 5 DEC.; THE TIMES, 1977, 7 DEC.
