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This data is from the European Hydrogen Incidents and Accidents database HIAD 2.1, European Commission, Joint Research Centre.

Explosion in a Hydrogen Production Plant
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 3,600 tonnes/year of liquid hydrogen. On November 13 it was reported that the Commission de la sant et de la scurit au travail (CSST - Commission for Health and Safety at Work) would not be conducting an inquiry because no one was killed. On November 19 it was reported that the liquid hydrogen section appeared to have been destroyed. According to the plant director: "The explosion occurred in the body of the plant, there where we compress and chill gaseous hydrogen. For the moment it appears that a good part of the installation for producing liquid hydrogen has been destroyed. But there remains, on the other side of the street, all our installations for producing gaseous hydrogen. This department is still operating." A press release from Hydrogen AL confirmed that a hydrogen liquefaction system had exploded.
Event Date
November 10, 2004
Record Quality Indicator
Region / Country
Event Initiating System
Classification of the Physical Effects
Nature of the Consequences
Cause Comments
According to Radio Canada reporting the result of the investigation, the cause of the explosion were the incorrect carbon filters. This does not explain however the incident sequence.
Facility Information
Application Type
Specific Application Supply Chain Stage
Components Involved
Liquefaction stage
Location Type
Location description
Unknown
Pre-event Summary
The plant reportedly had a capacity of 3,600 tones/year of liquid hydrogen.
Currency
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
There was no information which can be used to derive this.
Event Nature
Emergency Action
Unknown
Detonation
No
Deflagration
No
High Pressure Explosion
No
High Voltage Explosion
No
Source Category
References
References

Radio Canada news sof 10 Noember 2005
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/281000/hydrogenal

Le Novelliste news of 12 November 2004
https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3307977
(accessed Jan 2023)

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