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The event occurred in an alkylation reactor. Due to the rupture of a pipe (probably due to material failure), a power failure took place and the plant was automatically put in hot-stand-by mode. This…

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…

Firefighters used thermal imaging cameras to locate and extinguish a hydrogen fire at a silicon manufacturing plant.

Due to the failure of a exhaust system, compressed hydrogen leaked into an area containing electrical components, with consequent fire.Leakage was allowed when exhaust system failed

In a fertiliser plant, an ammonia synthesis unit stopped following the malfunction of an alternator (due to a thunderstorm). The safety features were operating normally, yet the synthesis gas (N2 /…

Fire in an ammonia plantA fire broke out in the hydrogen section of ammonia plant.

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 accident occurred in the de-sulfurization unit, and specifically on a pipeline at 50 bar, for the recycling of the hydrogen (containing hydrogen sulfide impurities). The pipe failed due to…

A fire broke out on a transformer transforming 225,000 V into 15,000 V in a metallurgical plant. This transformer supplies electrical power the site and to a neighbouring factory. In the following…

A sudden fire started in the refinery's hydrocracking unit at the hydrogen compressor of re refinery (India).

An explosion occurred in the hydrogen washing tower of a chlorate plant caused by the breaking of the rupture diaphragms on the tower cover. The discharged hydrogen ignited, causing a minor leakage…

Severe hydrogen ingress into the stator coolant system resulted in a fire in the stator coolant head tank, ignition source unknown. No injuries to personnel. Minimal damage to plant.

The fire developed on a hydrogen bus during filling, and was detected due to the development of smoke and a smell of burned materials.The power cable of the compressor had overheated. Two are the…

A fire occurred on a flange of a hydrodesulfurisation unit during start-up operations. A failure of this flange caused of the leak.

The hydrogen bus was in the workshop. The fire started on the bus and expanded to the shed, which was containing also a conventional bus. Due to the presence of hydrogen, the fire brigade intervened…

The fire developed an early morning on a hydrogen bus at a refuelling station for public transport. The fire Department was called to site responding to reports of a fire on the property. A section…

a hydrogen recycle compressor shut down unexpectedly, resulting in flaring activity with visible smoke.

[NOTE: One source speak of a hydrogen gasometer, spanish news speak in general of gas, others of ntural gas or coal gas; considering the main product of the factory, it was chosen for this last…

A hydrogen generator overheated during testing and started a small fire in a power plant.

A hydrogen line running to a furnace caught fire at a metals plant