HIAD Nature Event - Release Substance: syngas

The failure of a high pressure hydrogen-based synthetic gas feed line to the ammonia converter produced a sudden explosion followed by a severe fire. One of the operators was fatally injured. The…

The cracking happened in an ammonia plant, started up in 1970, on the pipe leading hot synthesis gas from the synthesis convertor to the first heat exchanger. This pipe was affected by six cracks and…

the fire was detected by an employee during the normal inspection tour, . It was caused by the ignition of a leak of process gas (hydrogen, methane and water vapour) from the reforming furnaces.…

The leak occurred at the ammonia reactor after a technical shutdown of 4 days. When the production was resumed and the syngas compressor restarted 14 hours later, a jet-fire occurred. The Internal…

Following a trip caused by the safeguarding of an ammonia production line, the syngas released into the atmosphere and ignited.