HIAD Facility - Storage Medium: Gas

Furnace tube leak caused excessive heat on H2 tube causing rupture

Overpressure caused a cylinder head of a gas compressor to fail causing release of hydrogen followed by a fire during the start-up of the compressor after maintenance.

In a plastics production plant, a pallet containing 7 cylinders of nitrogen and 1 cylinder of hydrogen fell from a truck traveling in a logistics zone. The driver stopped the vehicle, cut off the…

The gas leak containing hydrogen (H2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) occurred at the upper isolation valve located at a high-pressure separator (300 bar) of an oil production unit in a refinery.…

Three workers were asphyxiated when argon and hydrogen gas leaked from pipes they were installing on an aromatics plant being built on a cracking complex.

A fire started in a refinery's gas oil desulfurization unit. The purpose of this unit is to separate sulfur from hydrocarbons and to do so, the latter are raised to 340C in the presence of hydrogen…

The event took place in the on one out of the seven reactors for ammonia synthesis. The day of the accident, preparation works for the decennial pneumatic test (previous pneumatic test was carried…

During the isomerization of wax in a lube oil plant, the high pressure reactor ruptured, releasing its contents. The released gas ignited and a fire developed in the plant area where operators and…

On a highway, a truck loaded with 400 gas cylinders crashed at night for an undetermined cause against a concrete wall and overturned. It slipped 150 m, before several 200 litre cylinders of hydrogen…

At around 9:15 a.m., during a routine inspection, a flame was observed at the bottom flange of a reactor in a refinery. A few moments later, sensors near the leak detected a rise in temperature.The…

A diesel and gas leak (H2, H2S, CH4) occurred in a hydrodesulfurization unit (2,200 t/d). The leak location was on one of the boiler valves of the stabilization column. The released mixture (390 C /…

The leak ignited at the seal located between the bottom and the body of a heat exchanger of a desulfurization unit of a refinery. The fire is alimented by the leaking fuel under pressure for about…

Hydrogen ignition during welding on a VSC-24 spent fuel cask Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.210 - fuel in an independent spent fuel storage installation at its Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant. The inspection…

Collision of a hydrogen and fuel cells bus.The bus driver took the curve too narrow and hit the corner of the overhang of a shop. The bus was damaged at the upper right corner.

Collision of a hydrogen and fuel cells bus with private car. The driver of the private car parked nearby a hospital opened the driver door. Damage at the front, right side, body and windowpane.

A hydrogen and fuel cells bus was hit by a car. Damage on the right side

A hydrogen and fuel cells bus was hit by another bus at the bus stop, damaging the rear, left side.

A fire, fuelled by a mixture of gasoline and hydrogen, occurred on a heat exchanger located at 15 m height in a gasoline processing unit of a refinery. The operator triggered the emergency plan. Site…

In a petrochemical plant, a gas mixture at 270 bar made of 75% hydrogen (H2) and 25% methane (CH4) leaked through the bottom valve of a dryer of a resin production unit. After detection of the leak,…

An explosion occurred while inflating a balloon with hydrogen gas. The News reported the involvement of the hydrogen bottle.