Event
- Event ID
- 122
- Quality
- Description
The incident took place in the compression room of a methanol synthesis unit. As a result of the destruction of a pipe, a mixture of pressurised gases (mostly hydrogen) filled the compression room and then exploded.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- Ukraine
- Date
- Component involved
- compressor / booster / pump (pipe)
- Failure mode
- rupture
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Date entry in HIAD
- 28/02/2009
Facility
- Application
- Chemical industry
- Sub-application
- alcohols 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 pressure (2 to 10 MPa)
- 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
- Explosion type
References
- Sources categories
- News
- Reference & weblink
Provided to HIAD 1.0 by HySafe NoE. (Original source unavailable).
