Event
- Event ID
- 822
- Quality
- Description
A leak occurred in a vehicle carrying 218 cylinders of hydrogen. The contents of 28 cylinders, 90 m³ of hydrogen, escaped.
A security perimeter was set up with stop of the road and rail traffic.- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Unignited Hydrogen Release
- Nature of the consequences
- leak no ignition
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Date
- Component involved
- joint/connection (generic)
- Failure mode
- rupture, no ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2020
Facility
- Application
- Hydrogen transport and distribution
- Sub-application
- CGH2 cylinders truck
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
cylinders
- Process temperature range [C]
- ambient temperature (-50°C to +50°C)
- Process pressure range [MPa]
- medium to high pressure (10 to 50 MPa)
- Location type
- Open
- Location
- highway or similar
- Operational condition
- Pre-event occurrences
The capacity in mass of hydrogen was calcualted assuming that the value of 90 m3 provided by the source represents a volume of hydrogen at standard conditions.
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Post-event summary
90 m³ (ca. 8 kg) of hydrogen, escaped
A security perimeter was set up with stop of the road and rail traffic.
- Emergency action
A security perimeter was set up with stop of the road and rail traffic.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Released amount (kg)
- 7.5
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- ARIA
- Reference & weblink
ARIA data base
event no. 1361
