Event
- Event ID
- 968
- Quality
- Description
Following a trip caused by the safeguarding of an ammonia production line, the syngas released into the atmosphere and ignited.
- 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
- unknown
- Failure mode
- rupture & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2018
Facility
- Application
- Chemical industry
- Sub-application
- Ammonia production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
ammonia reactor , safeguards
- Location type
- Open
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Post-event summary
The incident has no other consequence.
- Emergency action
The unit was stopped and the fire extinguished when its whole content was released.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas mixture (syngas)
- Involved substances (% vol)
- syngas
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- ARIA
- Reference & weblink
Event description in the French database ARIA
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/9890/
(accessed October 2020)
