Event
- Event ID
- 137
- Quality
- Description
A factory was evacuated after a tank began leaking hydrogen. No injuries were reported
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Unignited Hydrogen Release
- Nature of the consequences
- leak no ignition
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- Component involved
- CGH2 tank (stationary)
- Failure mode
- leak, no ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 28/02/2009
Facility
- Application
- Unknown
- Sub-application
- unknown
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
tank
- Process temperature range [C]
- ambient temperature (-50°C to +50°C)
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
- Pre-event occurrences
A factory was evacuated after a tank began leaking hydrogen. No injuries were reported
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Post-event summary
The factory was evacuated after a tank began leaking hydrogen
- Emergency action
A factory was evacuated after the tank began leaking hydrogen
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- FireWorld
- Reference & weblink
The link to FireWorld magazine is lost
