Event
- Event ID
- 684
- Quality
- Description
Hydrogen enrichment of the gaseous phase in a rail tanker initiated an exothermic reaction between hydrogen and chlorine which in turn triggered fire of iron chloride.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- fire
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Date
- Component involved
- chemical storage tank
- Failure mode
- internal explosion
- Initiating cause
- run-away reaction
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2020
Facility
- Application
- Chemical industry
- Sub-application
- Chemicals transportation
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
train, tank
- Process temperature range [C]
- ambient temperature (-50°C to +50°C)
- Location type
- Semiconfined
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas-solid mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2,
CL2,
FeCl3 - Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- ICHEME
- Reference & weblink
Event description extracted from the UK database ICHEME in PDF
https://www.icheme.org/knowledge/safety-centre/resources/accident-data/
(accessed October 2020)The primary source was in CHEMICAL HAZARDS IN INDUSTRY, 1993, JUN.
(source lost)
