Event
- Event ID
- 273
- Quality
- Description
This incident occurred in the turbine-generator system. A severe hydrogen ingress into the stator coolant system resulted in a fire in the stator coolant head tank (ignition source unknown).
No injuries to personnel. Minimal damage to plant.- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- fire
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- Component involved
- H2 coolant system
- Failure mode
- internal explosion
- 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
stator coolant header,
H2 coolant system- Process temperature range [C]
- Above ambient temperature (50°C to 100°C)
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- unknown
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Post-event summary
No injuries to personnel. Minimal damage to plant.
- Emergency action
Not known
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- HSE
- Reference & weblink
Event description provided by HSE, original source confidential
