Event
- Event ID
- 820
- Quality
- Description
A pipe of a hydrogen storage system (240 m³) ruptured. The staff was evacuated and a perimeter of protection is put in place.
- 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
- pipe (generic)
- Failure mode
- rupture, no ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2020
Facility
- Application
- Hydrogen stationary storage
- Sub-application
- unspecified type of storage
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
A pipeline on a hydrogen storage
- Process temperature range [C]
- ambient temperature (-50°C to +50°C)
- Location type
- Open
- Location
- populated area
- Operational condition
- UNKNOWN
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Emergency action
The staff is evacuated and a perimeter of protection is put in place.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- ARIA
- Reference & weblink
ARIA data base event no. 275
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/275/
(accessed January 2025)
