Regions and Countries: Germany
Workers were connecting a compressed hydrogen cylinder, when a release of hydrogen occurred within a safety-box for flammable gases. During the emergency response procedures, the explosive atmosphere…
FCEV drove over a high bump and damaged its lower front side.
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…
Lightning caused fires at plant near Hamburg after igniting a hydrogen mixture release through a ventilation pipe
Hydrogen enrichment of the gaseous phase in a rail tanker initiated an exothermic reaction between hydrogen and chlorine which in turn triggered fire of iron chloride.
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.…
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…
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…
The boat was performing a drive test when one of the 280 lead gel batteries exploded and took fire. The local fire brigade was able to extinguish the fire but the above deck section of the boat was…
While the FC bus was standing at its regular bus stop at the main bus terminal another bus drove into the rear of the FC Bus causing damages to the rear hood affecting the protective cap and the high…
On a highway, a truck loaded with 400 gas cylinders crashed at night for an undetermined cause against a concrete wall and overturned. It slipped 150 m, before several 200 litre cylinders of hydrogen…
Collision of a hydrogen and fuel cells bus.The bus driver took the curve too narrow and hit the corner of the overhang of a shop. The bus was damaged at the upper right corner.
The event occurred at manhole cover of a of a pilot plant reactor where hydrogenation had been performed in a hydrochloric aqueous solution. The reactor had been flushed three times with nitrogen (i.…
The event occurred in the continuous casting of hot metallic melt of the plant.Cooling water leaked through a crack in the cooling water inlet pipe of a secondary cooling line and directly into the…
A lorry crashed into a hydrogen tube trailer with considerable speed on the highway A1 near Cologne. The lorry driver was killed. Gas escaped from tubes and valves of three of the nine tanks and was…
The incident consisted of a leakage of potassium hydroxide solution (KOH) from an alkaline electrolyzer in a renewable hydrogen production plant. One webpage news reported that smoke formation…
The event occurred at the hydrogenation unit of a pharamceutical company. 145 kg of hydrogen were released the atmosphere at the gas circulation pump, due to a maintenance error . A…
A hydrogen feed line ruptured without igniting at an oil refinery.