HIAD Specific Application Supply Chain Stage: Hydrogen As Process Gas

Hydrogen gas leaking from drain pipes in a hydrodesulfurization plant: There was a hydrodesulfurisation plant which had a recycle hydrogen compressor fitted with a suction rectifier. Hydrogen gas…

During repairs of a heat exchanger in a benzene plant, a mixed gas (methane and hydrogen) contained in the cold box attached to the exchanger leaked and caught fire from a welding spark. The…

A fire in a metallurgical plant (classified Seveso)The fire initiated in a acid treatment reactor of a workshop handling cementation of indium . Under normal conditions, the reaction of the process…

The fire started as a result of an explosion in the process section of a refinery. An open structure of steelwork protected with reinforced concrete housed the usual furnaces, reactors, heat…

Fire and explosion in a chemicals plantThe process unit affected by the incident was a two-step production, consisting of i) hydrogenation of phenyl acetyl carbinol with benzyl amine in a isopropyl…

The explosion and fire happened in a diesel hydro-treatment unit used to desulfurise raw diesel be means of hydrogen.The facility was expected to begin full commercial operations later in 2020.

The Unit for Catalysed Removal of Carbon Dioxide (Catacarb) leaked and hydrogen fire at the hydrocracking unit. The fire lasted approximately 10 minutes. Localized corrosion caused a pipe to fail and…

At a refinery, a leakage and fire occurred during usual operation at a medium-pressure hydrocracker for the desulfurization and decomposition of heavy gas oil. Gas of high-temperature and high-…

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 fire occurred at a refinery hydrocracker plant involving a gauge glass and hydrogen gas oil.

A hydrogen leak occurred from a low temperature valve on an acetic acid plant. The leak ignited and the resulting fire burned for about an hour. There was considerable media attention, particularly…

A fire broke out on a heat exchanger in a hydrocarbons plant. The cause of the fire was leakage of hydrogen.

Fire accident at heat exchanger for hydrogenation desulfurizer of gasoline caused by expansion of a screw.

A rupture in the furnace of an oil refinery caused it to loose 700 pounds of diesel and hydrogen resulting in a fire.

In a lube oil plant of a refinery, during the isomerisation of wax, the high pressure reactor ruptured, releasing gas composed by 70 % of hydrogen and 30 % of gaseous hydrocarbons (methane, ethane…

Fire of vinyl chloride-made-air release pipe while CVD equipment in operation - With a vacuum pump for air discharging being operated, silane and hydrogen gases were mistakenly allowed to flow in…

In a refinery, a fire occurred at a new reactor for the vacuum distillate hydro-desulfurization unit. Internal gas (hydrogen, hydrocarbon, etc.) blew from a flange of upper piping in the reactor. It…

This incident occurred at a linear alkylbenzene manufacturing plant. It affected dehydrogenation reactor of normal paraffin, during the operation of catalyst exchange in the reactor. This is usually…

Weld failure caused a fire involving a hydrogen pipe at a fertilizer ammonia plant. Source of ignition was autoignition.

This incident occurred in a unit processing vegetable oils and fats. A fire-brigade from the involved town was at the scene in a few minutes and was assisted by the Fire Department of a bigger city.…