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Ejection of rotor wedge material lead to vibration induced failure of components, including hydrogen seals. Serious fire resulted from hydrogen leakage, which subsequently lead to an oil fire.…

During the start-up of a propylene hydrogenation reactor, very high temperatures were generated in the catalyst bed. At the time, propylene and hydrogen were being fed to the reactor which contained…

A severe fire in a hydrogen compressor building in a unifier unit of an oil sands refinery reportedly started in a 1,500 psi lube oil system. Fire fighting was difficult because of 40 degrees F…

On 17 February 2000, THOR EMILIE was lost. The ship had been chartered by a Swiss company to carry about 2,000 tonnes of oxide zinc ore in bulk from Dunkerque in France to Porto Vesme on Sardinia.…

A short circuit developed in the wiring of a fire eye system on one of two 600 psig boilers serving a refinery. This triggered a rapid sequence of events that resulted in a one week shutdown of much…

In a plant producing calcium carbide (CaO + 3C -> CaC2 + CO), a dust collector clogged, probably due to the failure of the cleaning device (nitrogen nozzles) which allowed the dust to build a…

It was a small incident in a heat-electric power plant. The alarm was registered at 11:26 and the fire was extinguished at 12:03. The incident took place during tests using the reserve power…

A small hydrogen leak occurred during routine maintenance on an oil refinery unit not in operation.

Static electricity ignited hydrogen in a rising advertising balloon.

On may 23, 1984 between 8:50 and 8:55 pm, employee #1, a dye beam operator, was drawing concentrated sulfuric acid into a plastic pail. He added to this pail the contents of a "drip pail" which had…

To repair a corroded flange on a 4500 liter sulfuric acid bowser outlet pipe, an angle grinder was being used to prepare the surface for welding. Within a few seconds of starting work there was a…

Syngas explosion at a university laboratoryThe university lab affected was investigating generation of hydrogen and methane from biomass (wooden chips). The experimental furnace was a concrete…

There was a small leak of syngas (a mixture mainly consisting of hydrogen and carbon monoxide) resulting in a localized fire at a bolted flange joint on the outlet carbon steel pipework of the High…

The leak occurred at the ammonia reactor after a technical shutdown of 4 days. When the production was resumed and the syngas compressor restarted 14 hours later, a jet-fire occurred. The Internal…

The event occurred while re-starting the ammonia production unit after a technical stop, a synthesis gas (50% hydrogen, 17% ammonia, methane and nitrogen) leak ignited on a flange located just after…

A vertical cylindrical hydrodesulfurisation reactor charge heater was being started up with hydrogen flow only rather than hydrogen plus oil as in normal operation. As a result of the low heat load…

A gaseous tube trailer gone off road in a countryside area and landed on one side. All cylinders were loaded to a pressure of 200 bars. The impact with the ground has caused the rupture of a high…

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…

Fire of drums containing lithium metal powder: Spontaneous combustion took place at drums containing lithium metal powder which were charged with argon gas for experiments. While lithium metal powder…

Fire following vapour explosion at a plant making titanium sponge due to design errors: A vapour explosion, followed by a fire, occurred at a drier in a plant making titanium sponge. When titanium…