Fire on a Hydrogen Production Facility
The fire developed on the hydrogen production unit of a subcontractor in a plant producing metallic wire articles. The cause was a malfunctioning of the hydrogen unit. The production was stopped for 17 hours.
Event Date
December 6, 2004
Record Quality Indicator
Region / Country
Event Initiating System
Classification of the Physical Effects
Nature of the Consequences
Causes
Cause Comments
Fire is due to a malfunctioning of the electrolyzer.
Facility Information
Application Type
Application
Specific Application Supply Chain Stage
Components Involved
Hydrogen production unit
Storage/Process Medium
Location Type
Location description
Industrial Area
Operational Condition
Currency
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
The facility was allowed to restart only after the submission of a report regarding the circumstances of the accident and containing technical/organizational proposals to reduce the probability of its renewal.Unfortunately, the report has not been made public.
Event Nature
Emergency Action
During the night a fire occurs on the installation producing hydrogen on site.
Detonation
No
Deflagration
No
High Pressure Explosion
No
High Voltage Explosion
No
Source Category
References
References
Event no. 28737 of the French database ARIA (accessed December 2020)