Severity
Incident
Was Hydrogen Released?
Yes
Was There Ignition?
Yes
Incident Date
Aug 21, 2008
Setting
Equipment
- Electrical Equipment
Probable Cause
Characteristics
When Incident Was Discovered
Lessons Learned
Shutoff valve location and/or redundant shutoff valves at storage vessels are important for containment to prevent escalation.
Consider design features within equipment skids to reduce the likelihood of cascading events.
Pressure-switch component replaced with better design.
Component listing standards are important to further development/deployment of this technology.
Consider improving leak/fire detection and shutdown systems.