Event
- Event ID
- 582
- Quality
- Description
An explosion occurred in hydrogen compressor, followed by a fire, due to rupture of 4 inch suction pipe to the compressor.
"there was a substantial release of hydrogen, which exploded and continued to burn until it was extinguished".
3 fatalities.- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Date
- Component involved
- compressor / booster / pump (pipe)
- Failure mode
- rupture & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2020
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical industry
- Sub-application
- Unspecified refinery process
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
suction pipe,
H2 compressor- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- unknown
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 3
- Number of injured persons
- 2
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
References
- Sources categories
- News
- Reference & weblink
Associated press Newspaper news on 6 Dec 1984
https://www.apnews.com/1caf3098e31244fbb9f2fa32ea1b314c
(accessed may 2020)
