Regions and Countries: Canada
Leaking hydrogen ignited at a plant that processes bitumen from oil sands.
damage of shipping containers of a ship, reaction of phosphor pentoxide with wine leads to phosphoric acid and hydrogen
The incident occurred at a fuel cells manufacturing plant. The tanker was preparing to transfer liquid hydrogen to the company hydrogen bulk storage tank. During backing, it impacted an industrial…
Plant own emergency response team was activated, assisted from local fire and emergency Services and regional Police. No one was injured during the incident and flames were brought under control…
The explosion occurred in a Litol benzene unit, when it was being restarted following a scheduled shutdown for maintenance. The explosion followed the release of about 30 kilograms of hydrogen gas…
A contained explosion in a hydrogen tank occurred at the thermal generation plant
Explosion at styrene plant during start-up. A manhead flange failed in a light oil hydrogenation unit releasing 30 kg of hydrogen in a compressor shed. Ignition occurred in 10 to 15 secs.…
The event occurred in the hydrogen pumping station, placed between the hydrogen production unit (steam methane reformer) and the hydro-treatment unit. The second stage of the compressor cylinder…
A welder was welding a stainless steel drain pipe with an arc welder, above a sulfuric acid storage tank. When he lowered the pipe, the hydrogen gas in tank ignited causing an explosion and one…
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…
On a cold morning, the gasoil hydro-treatement unit was being brought back on line after being out of service to repair a governor problem on the recycle gas compressor. Several upset trips had…
A fire in a leaking hydrogen unit at a 220,000-barrel oil sands plant temporarily cut production nearly 80 percent.
a hydrogen recycle compressor shut down unexpectedly, resulting in flaring activity with visible smoke.
The vent occurred outside a fuel cells manufacturing facility. While preparing for transfer of liquid hydrogen from tanker truck to storage tank, a release of hydrogen occurred, which vaporized into…
A jet fire occurred on the ammonia production unit, caused by a leak on a hydrogen pipe. No victims.
The tanker truck was carrying nearly 13,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen. it hit the base of a light pole in the parking lot of a local grocery store as the driver was attempting to turn around.…
Hydrogen leak from a valve, with delayed ignition and consequent engulfing fire.The bonnet of a 2 inch valve on hydrogen quench line of a lube oil hydrotreater began to leak.The operative conditions…
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…
The event occurred just after that start-up steam was introduced into the reformer furnace inlet. At this moment an very high pressure and a single loud bang was reported by the operations personnel…