The probe suggested that the highly inflammable solvent, Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE), used in the ... transferred from the reactor to a storage tank in the production block through a pipeline.

The report by the factories department suggest that the mixture of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) prepared in the reactors was being transferred to a storage tank when the mixture leaked.

Visakhapatnam: The workers at Escientia Advanced Sciences’ pharma unit inside Atchutapuram SEZ in Anakapalle district were trying to plug a solvent leak when the explosion happened, claiming 17 ...

By the time the leakage was arrested, the accumulation of MTBE solvent formed a vapour cloud in that area. The workers in the PD Lab might have tried to escape from the room and the vapour cloud ...

“It is like, lighting a fire under a fuel tank, as reactors contain and process highly-volatile and combustible solvents and chemicals,” he said. The reactor was processing MTBE (methyl tert ...

“Currently, preliminary investigations suggest that the tragedy, which claimed 17 lives and injured several others, was caused by the leakage of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) solvent from a ...

The distilled solvent which leaked was identified as Methylene Tertiary Butyl Ether or MTBE, a flammable liquid used as an additive in unleaded gasoline to achieve more efficient burning ...