Event
- Event ID
- 899
- Quality
- Description
An explosion occurred on a hydrogen compressor due to an air ingress. The explosion projectiles damaged an ammonia storage tank with consequent ammonia release (domino effect) Three people were injured.
- 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
- Failure mode
- rupture
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root CAUSE analysis
INITIATING CAUSE is the entrance of air into a hydrogen system ROOT CAUSE is unknown.
- Root causes
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2018
Facility
- Application
- Chemical industry
- Sub-application
- ammonia and derivates production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
H2 compressor
- 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
- industrial area
- Operational condition
- UNKNOWN
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 3
- Post-event summary
Ammonia release to the environment
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
- Detonation
References
- Sources categories
- ARIA
- Reference & weblink
ARIA event 14870 https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/14870/ (accessed August 2020)
