HIAD Facility - Application: Catalytic Reforming Process
The naphtha and hydrogen gas leaked out from the gasoline reformer at the Southwest Petroleum as the relief-valve was operated after its repair.Although the source (Asian database ADRC) does not…
A fire and explosion occurred at a catalytic reformer unit. The fire centred between the reactors and fired heaters of the reformer and resulted in extensive damage to the unit.The explosion rocked…
The incident occurred in a catalytic reforming unit. At 13:41, a leak occurred at the 90 elbow of a pressure pipe containing a mixture of hydrogen and naphtha. This pipe was located between the pre-…
Several explosions occurred in one of the catalytic reforming units of the refinery, followed by a fire in the same unit. The fire derived from the explosions lasted for almost one day. The…
A fire occurred in a hydrogen and catalyst loading lines of heavy oil unit. The most likely cause was that a hydrogen purge pipeline failure allowing hydrogen to escape. This mixed with hot oil…
A fatality occurred after a flexible hose used to transfer hydrogen to the catalytic reformer was over-pressurised and caught fire.On June 9, 1997, No. 1 and No. 2 hydrogen modules were connected to…
Follow a leak in a seal of a heat exchanger (metal-covered asbestos) a fire occurred in a reforming process. The hydrogen-rich mixture caused spontaneous inflammation. The fire lasted 30 minutes. The…
A fire broke out at a flange of a heat exchanger used in the catalytic reforming unit of a refinery. This exchanger makes it possible to heat the load of heavy oil and hydrogen by recovering the heat…
A fire occurred at an oil factory during maintenance work. On the day of the incident, a distillation unit was shutdown for a steam air tightness test. Cooling equipment on the distillation unit was…
The fire occurred on the tube plate gaskets of 3 of the 4 exchangers loaded with catalytic reforming effluent. The fuel (500C and p=30 bar) was a mixture of 30% hydrocarbons and 70% hydrogen. After…
During a work tour on a refinery, an employee noticed a fire at the level of a flange at the inlet of the grille of an exchanger, located at the outlet of a reactor of the catalytic reforming unit.…
A shift supervisor received severe burns and later died after a flexible hose used to transfer hydrogen to the catalytic reformer was over-pressurised and caught fire.Hydrogen is supplied from three…
The non-destructive analyses performed in a refinery revealed material degradation of the steel components. The opening of the equipment confirmed the diagnostic : blisters were visible on metal…
A series of explosions at an oil refinery reformer unit caused by a rupture to an 8 inch naphtha and hydrogen feed pipe. The large number of injuries was due to the close proximity of a construction…