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During the shipments of incinerator bottom ash, flammable gasses including hydrogen generated and caused two explosions. The first explosion was in the forecastle store and the second in the cargo…
Hydrogen leak due to a fault with non-process related battery equipment.After reporting the hydrogen leak, fire crews have been called to a gas terminal. The leak was due to a fault with non-process…
The fire ignited roofing materials which had fallen down as the result of the explosion.The operator, who was outside the plant when the explosion occurred, pulled the emergency switch which shut…
Discharge pressure of a hydrogen compressor on a chloride plant fell to alarm level without any prior warning and simultaneously three bumps were heard.Smoke was seen coming from the hot motor…
A conventional truck drove into a FCEV. The left rear side was damaged. There were no injuries and no hydrogen released. The car body needed to be repaired and the receptacle and the hydrogen tube…
The HRS canopy was lower than the forecourt canopy. heavy duty vehicles were not noticing the issue and hitting the HRS canopy assuming same height.The canopy has now been repaired twice, and the…
One of the two dispensers at a refuelling station for buses shutdown at a refuelling station. The dispenser company were called and confirmed there was an issue with the dispenser. The station…
The incident occurred in a hydrocracker unit of the refinery. A control valve on the liquid line between the high- and the low-pressure separators was opened in error and the liquid allowed to drain…
SUMMARYThe explosion occurred in a catalyst regenerator of the catalytic cracking unit in a fluidized bed during a technical shutdown. A few seconds later, a second explosion is perceived, it is the…
Explosion in condenser area two hours after the unit tripped (due to a stator earth fault). The stator earth fault had damaged two hydrogen cooler tubes, which allowed hydrogen to pass from the…
This incident occurred when subcontractor two workers were widening air vents on the roof of a building hosting a tank containing hydrogen chloride solution. This intervention was necessary to to…
The explosion was followed by a fire. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a "huge gush of fire". The local fire and rescue team brought the fire under control.According to the company, the explosion was…
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…
Explosion of hydrogen at slip ring end of an alternator. It was caused by a hose fracture within the generator casing, which led to a discharge of water into the casing and subsequent electrical…
An explosion occurred a the Lurgi electrolysis unit of a chemical factory. The plant suffered extensive damage and one man died. The electrolysis plant produced hydrogen for process use and oxygen as…
Hydrogen leak occurred from temporary pipe work during transfer of hydrogen between permanent and emergency cylinders. Ignition source unknown. Resultant explosion caused serious burns to one…
A series of explosions occurred on an industrial estate when hydrogen being piped from a road tanker leaked. The tanker containing 80,000 cubic feet of hydrogen was being delivered when the…
A trained plant operator was blending water, sand, anhydrite, lime, cement, PFA and powdered aluminum in a mixing chamber to produce material for making building blocks. All powders are pre-weighed…
An explosion occurred in a water skim tank associated with an ethyl benzene dehydrogenation reactor system. The reaction mixture from the reactors containing styrene, ethylbenzene, benzene, toluene…
Iron powder from non-conducting polypropylene IBC was added to EDTA solution at 60 C in reactor. Hydrogen given off, ignited by static.