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HIAD Facility - Application: Ammonia Production


The explosion occurred while restarting the ammonia reactor. Synthetic gas (70% H2) was released at the flange of the relief valve of the turbo-compressor. The explosion was followed by a jet fire.…
One employee was injured in an explosion in a chemical plant storage area containing ammonia, acetone, and hydrogen.
The explosion was followed by a fire. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a "huge gush of fire". The local fire and rescue team brought the fire under control.According to the company, the explosion was…
The explosion occurred in the ammonia/hydrogen separator of the ammonia reactor due to metallurgical problem.
A mechanical failure occurred in a gasification reactor, which caused a violent (abrupt, sudden) depressurization of the reactor. The consequences were the projection of tiles of the refractory…
The event occurred during welding works which ignited accidentally released hydrogen. The plant had been partially shut down for repairing works to a pipe affected by internal cracks. The repairing…
In a chemical plant, an explosion occurred on the primary reformer of an ammonia manufacturing unit.
In a chemical plant, a 1750 m tank containing an ammoniac solution explodes. The anchorage of the was ripped, the tank lifted on one side and crashed against the retention wall, which was partially…
The accident happened in an anhydrous ammonia plant, commissioned in March 1977. Hydrogen accumulated inside a Benfield solution (hot potassium) storage tank and was ignited by a static charge, which…
An explosion occurred on a hydrogen compressor due to an air ingress.The explosion projectiles damaged an ammonia storage tank with consequent ammonia release (domino effect) Three people were…
An explosion occurred in a pipe system carrying hydrogen and methane at an ammonia plant. No major injuries have been reported.
The event started when a gasket in a water pump was blown out. The water pump was situated inside a 100 m long, 10 m wide, and 7 m high building. The pump was feeding water to a vessel containing…
The explosion, accompanied by abundant black smoke, occurred at 8:50. An ignited leak of hydrogen (H2) in the ammonia production unit (NH3) had spread to the pressure circuit carrying synthesis gas (…
The failure of a high pressure hydrogen-based synthetic gas feed line to the ammonia converter produced a sudden explosion followed by a severe fire. One of the operators was fatally injured. The…
The cracking happened in an ammonia plant, started up in 1970, on the pipe leading hot synthesis gas from the synthesis convertor to the first heat exchanger. This pipe was affected by six cracks and…
Hydrogen line at ammonia plant sprang a leak which ignited. Fire put out immediately causing no damage.
Hydrogen leakage occurred on a pipe flange in an ammonia synthesis unit. A fire started immediately, which was taken under a control before the arrival of firefighters.
Fire in a ammonia plant.The accident starts with a leak of a hydrogen-nitrogen mixture at the suction flange of a compressor. The mixture ignites on contact with air and the fire spreads to an oil…
The accident took place in a tank-type pressurised separator on the synthesis gas line of an ammonia production plant. The pressurised separator operates at nominal values of 25 bar and 5C. It…
Fire in an ammonia plantA fire broke out in the hydrogen section of ammonia plant.
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