HIAD Specific Application Supply Chain Stage: Hydrogen Production

An explosion and fire occurred on a reformer at a fertiliser plant. Source of ignition was autoignition or electric motor.

An explosion in oil from a coal plant occurred as a gas unit which turns methane into carbon monoxide and hydrogen was being reactivated.

An explosion of unknown cause occurred at a hydrogen manufacturing plant. The explosion occurred on the second floor of the building, used by employees as a cafeteria and offices. The company where…

Employee #1, a maintenance worker, was killed by a hydrogen blast while working inside a batch hydrogenation unit.

This incident occurred at the electrolyzer of a refuelling station. An employee of the electrolyzers manufacturer was on-site to conduct a reset of the plant power breaker system and to restart gas…

A hydrogen plant exploded, throwing debris for tens of metres and badly damaging the plant. The two workers in the plant at the time were not seriously injured. The plant reportedly had a capacity of…

An explosion and fire occurred at a hydrogen production plant serving the hydrocracker and the diesel hydroteater of a nearby refineryNo injuries were reported among the employees.According to the…

A hydrogen gas holder exploded.It is assumed that there was diaphragm leak in the hydrogen-oxygen electrolytic cell used to produce high purity hydrogen for a pharmaceutical hydrogenation.

Works at the power grid of a hydrogen production unit is at the origin of the sequence of the following events:1.Fusion of a safe fuse triggering the closure of a valve on the manifold of a pistons…

The vent occurred at the hydrogen manufacturing unit: a pipe of this unit burst, followed by an explosion. The fire was extinguished in about 15 minutes. One employee nearby had a consequence from a…

During functional tests of the system, a major quantity of hydrogen-containing gas was released from an adsorber, followed by its ignition.After the alarm was released the feed of the adsorber was…

In a chemical plant, an explosion occurred on the primary reformer of an ammonia manufacturing unit.

This incident occurred at the hydrogen production and storage unit of (probably) a power plant using hydrogen as a coolant of the turbine-generator system. Hydrogen was produced probably by water…

An explosion occurs in the oxygen gas holder in an electrolysis plant. The explosion is due to the entry of hydrogen in the oxygen gas holder.The dome of the gas holder and the collar were blown away.

At approximately 8:45 a.m. an employee was troubleshooting a thermal chamber, evaluating a Hydrogen on Demand (HOD) unit. The chamber was reported inoperative that morning. Two units were being…

Rockville, Maryland, on June 9th, the control panel door for the 32 hydrogen dryer blew off due to a small hydrogen explosion. No one was injured in the event, which occurred in the non-nuclear side…

The explosion followed a hydrogen leak on a unit conditioning hydrogen.The leak was caused by the mechanical rupture of the membrane of a pressure release device which was part of a pressure…

A fire in a leaking hydrogen unit at a 220,000-barrel oil sands plant temporarily cut production nearly 80 percent.

The explosion occurred at a hydrogen fuel plant mainly serving hydrogen forklift fleets. The explosion damaged several nearby homes and could be felt nearly 10 miles away.Police and firefighters…

A fire occurred on a plant. The fire resulted from an escape of liquid hydrogen from a joint between an isolating block valve and a relief valve on one of the separation column preheater. The…