Event
- Event ID
- 184
- Quality
- Description
The incident occurred in a plant producing organic chemistry products. Hydrogen leaked briefly from an hydraulic valve. The hydogen ignited, but there has been no victim.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- fire
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Date
- Component involved
- hydrogen hydraulic guards
- Failure mode
- leak & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2021
Facility
- Application
- Chemical industry
- Sub-application
- Inorganic chemicals products
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
hydraulic valve, reactor
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
- UNKNOWN
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Emergency action
No emergency intervention was needed. The hydrogen leak ignited only briefly.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- ARIA
- Reference & weblink
Original description of the event in the database ARIA
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/23820/
(accessed January 2023)
