HIAD Nature of the Consequences: Explosion
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 accident occurred in the cracking unit and in the sulfur recuperating system, more exactly in a 90 curve of a 8" piping. Due to the crack of the curve a mixture of flammable gases was released…
The accident started with a leakage of distilled petroleum intermediate and hydrogen in the desulfurization unit of the distilled intermediate. Both substances ignited and exploded, with a later…
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…
At around 5.45 am, an explosion occurred at an oil refining plant. The operating units of the hydrogen compressors are stopped. Around 8:45, firefighters master the fire. 11 people are taken to…
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…
Explosion at hydrogen unit operated workers evacuated, 2 injured, community rattled.
the explosion occurred inside the lower hydrogenation tower of a hydrogen peroxide unit, damaging the distribution tray inside the tower. 4 were killed and 2 injured, the direct economic loss was 488…
An hydrogen explosion occurred within the off-gas system, causing the stop of the sump pump; subsequently both trains of the standby gas treatment system were declared inoperable. The sump is part of…
An explosion and fire occurred at night inside a unit for the synthesis of toluene di-amine (TDA). The process implies the hydrogenation of di-nitrotoluene (DNT) in presence of Isopropanol as…
A hydrogen explosion caused burns contaminated with radioactive dust to a member of the plant's maintenance crew. Three other workers escaped injury.The accident occurred in the basement of the…
This report consists of two events: B. On February 23, 2004., one person was injured, apparently lightly, in a fire that broke out following a hydrogen explosion, Herzliya Pituah, Israel An…
At a soaking facility of an industrial plant in the metallurgy sector, the pipeline between a supply tank and a feed pump became clogged and the autoclave only received sporadic feed. Problems had…
on a Sunday morning, in a ceramic factory, a leak on a 100 m tank containing 370 kg of hydrogen caused an explosion. The generated pressure wave causes significant damage to exterior buildings (…
Explosion due to injection of hydrogen into a furnace containing residual air.
Explosion of nitrobenzene fluoride while mixing with hydrogen gas: Fluoronitrobenzene exploded when mixing it with compressed hydrogen gas.
Flask explosion due to hydrogen in the science class.
The incident occurred at company producing specialised products for aerospace and aeropwer applications. An employee was operating an induction brazing machine under hydrogen atmosphere when an…
Hydrogen ignition during the (illegal) filling of a balloon.Two men had decided to fill in a weather balloon with hydrogen in a storeroom located in the basement of a block of flats. Their idea was…
A hydrogen explosion occurred at a 585-MW coal-fired supercritical unit and caused one fatality, injuries to 10 other people, and significant damage to several buildings. The explosion occurred…