HIAD Facility - Application: Chlorine Production

The sodium chlorate production unit had restarted after a maintenance shutdown phase. The mercury cells had been under nitrogen flushing since the beginning of the shutdown to avoid the presence of…

Hydrogen fire at a chlorine chemical production plant (Seveso-classified)Hydrogen ignited in a chlorine electrolyzer unit. The facility was shutdown. The staff of the unit, present on site, triggered…

The fire occurred around 13:20 on three cells of the chlorine manufacturing unit. A leak of hydrogen in the electrolysis room was at the origin of the fire; the ignition of the H2 cloud caused a…

In a plant manufacturing chlorate products, a hydrogen leak occurred via the water drainage outlet onto the factory floor. Pressure in the hydrogen line increased because the hydrogen pipes were…

Hydrogen leaked and ignited on a cell in the sodium chlorate (NaClO3) workshop of a chlorinated products plant.There were no victims and no damage to the environment. On-site firefighters controlled…

At about 9:50 a.m., a lightning strike ignited hydrogen exiting a stack in a chemical factory. This hydrogen, produced by the chlorine electrolysis cells, is conveyed to the stack when the…

A number of minor explosions occurred in the interrupter pot on a chlorine cell. No injuries or damage were reported.No previous explosion shad occurred which was taken to indicate that hydrogen…

An aerosol of hydrogen, hydrogen chloride and sulfuric acid is released in a plant producing chlorine via electrolysis.The exhaust pipe on the water circuit of the electrolyzer was blinded due to the…

Employee #2 was using a torch to cut a U-bolt on the bypass piping next to a brine surge tank that potentially contained hydrogen gas in a vapour space in the upper portion of the tank. His job was…