HIAD Sources Categories: RISCAD

A leak of hydrogen gas, followed by an explosion, occurred when an engine was loaded with air, oxygen, and hydrogen, and then started for a preliminary ramjet engine combustion test. The engine was…

While making preparation for operation of a compressor supplying hydrogen to a heavy oil desulfurization unit, an operator got injured as the checking cover of a crank room came off, emitting a hot…

Leakage of gas from blow-off pipe for depressurization while filling hydrogen in cylinder.

The nuclear plant was a boiling-water reactor with an output of 0.54 million kW. The component affected was a steam piping (inside diameter: 15 cm; thickness: 1.1 cm) of a heat exchanger used for…

Fire due to hydrogen gas leakage.

Gas leakage from a hydrogen cylinders pallet in transit.

Static electricity ignited hydrogen in a rising advertising balloon.

Fire of drums containing lithium metal powder: Spontaneous combustion took place at drums containing lithium metal powder which were charged with argon gas for experiments. While lithium metal powder…

Fire following vapour explosion at a plant making titanium sponge due to design errors: A vapour explosion, followed by a fire, occurred at a drier in a plant making titanium sponge. When titanium…