Event
- Event ID
- 621
- Quality
- Description
An explosion occurred in a pipe system carrying hydrogen and methane at an ammonia plant. No major injuries have been reported.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Date
- Component involved
- pipe (generic)
- Failure mode
- leak & ignition
- 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
Pipe
- Process temperature range [C]
- High temperature (100°C to 500°C)
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
- UNKNOWN
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2, CH4
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
References
- Sources categories
- ICHEME
- Reference & weblink
Event of the UK database ICHEME.
https://www.icheme.org/knowledge/safety-centre/resources/accident-data/EUROPEAN CHEMICAL NEWS, 1974, 30 AUG.
CHEMICAL MARKETING REPORTER, 1974, 9 SEP.
