HIAD Facility - Application Type: Hydrogen Stationary Storage

Following a loss of power the failure of a backup battery causes an alarm in a hydrogen storage facility. Consequently, a valve on the purge circuit and 30 m3 of hydrogen is released to the…

A fire and a series of explosions occurred on a petrochemical plant, causing damage to process vessels, containment walls and process utility piping. It is believed that lightning struck a two story…

Fire in bulk hydrogen storage compound. Pressure gauge shut off valve spindle blown out (could be completely unscrewed and removed). The subsequent leak ignited by unknown source. No injuries…

The company affected manufactures valves and other hydrogen-storage components, equipment tests. It has offers as well a testing laboratory. The accident happened during testing of a hydrogen tank.…

A small quantity of hydrogen gas leaked out of a pipe and caught fire. The danger of an explosion was averted by the safety crew who put out the fire and switched the gas flow to an alternative line.

Fires and chain reactions involved more than 100 cylinders of hydrogen or other gases in a storage system. The fire lasted for more than 5 hours and the neighbourhood has been affected by flying…

Employees were refilling a rack of 15 hydrogen cylinders that were connected together on a steel pallet with railings. A leak developed at a valve and the pressurized hydrogen ignited. Operations…

Leakage of gas from blow-off pipe for depressurization while filling hydrogen in cylinder.

A 9000 gal (34 m3) LH2 storage tank exploded during repair of the vent stack. Few days before the explosion, the tank had been filled with LH2, but later on the hydrogen released and ignited at the…

A leak occurred at a of a liquid withdrawal valve of a liquid hydrogen storage tank. The hydrogen escaped at the flange between the valve body and the upper part of the valve (flange with tongue and…