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Explosion from a hydrogen tank in an electrical power plant

Event

Event ID
127
Quality
Description

A tank leaking hydrogen at an electrical power plant exploded.

Event Initiating system
Classification of the physical effects
Hydrogen Release and Ignition
Nature of the consequences
fire
Macro-region
North America
Country
United States
Date
Component involved
CGH2 tank (stationary)
Failure mode
leak & ignition
Initiating cause
unknown
Root causes
Unknown
Date entry in HIAD
28/02/2009

Facility

Application
Power plant
Sub-application
unspecified power plant
Hydrogen supply chain stage
All components affected

hydrogen tank

Location type
Confined
Location
industrial area
Operational condition

Emergency & Consequences

Number of fatalities
0
Number of injured persons
1

In-depth data

Release type
gas
Involved substances (% vol)
H2 100%
Probable IGNITION SOURCE

References

Sources categories
FireWorld
Reference & weblink

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