HIAD Facility - Application: Generic Refinery Process
An explosion occurred on a unit producing hydrogen for the nearby refinery.The following fire was extinguished in 10 minutes by the public service fire brigade. Two workers were lightly injured.
A leak occurred on a relief valve of a high pressure hydrogen storage tank. No explosion or fire occurred.
The event occurred at a hydrogen tank, causing a flare and a displacement of air that threw the contract workers against the refinery's metal structure.The workers were using an electric rotary…
The utility production facilities (electricity, water, air, and steam) at a refinery were isolated from the power grid and switched to two turbine generators in anticipation of a storm. At 9:50 p.m…
Leak of hydrogen at a refinery which may have been caused by a faulty compressor.
A hydrogen feed line ruptured without igniting at an oil refinery.
During the start-up operation (phase) of a cryogenic unit, a separator exploded, releasing ethane, ethylene, methane and hydrogen. The bursting of a tank was caused by a 1600 mm long incipient crack…
Around 13:45, a hydrogen leak on a pipe occurred in a refinery. Cold cutting of a purge was underway on the equipment as part of a work stoppage. The worker, who detected the leak, stopped the air…
During a patrol, an operator detects a hydrogen leak in a refinery on a footbridge 30 meters high. The origin of the leak is identified 4 days later on a pipe under insulation. The operator proceeds…
A small hydrogen leak occurred during routine maintenance on an oil refinery unit not in operation.