Presentation Profile
Role of Elemental Analysis in the Petroleum Business and Recent Efforts Towards an ASTM Jet Fuel Method
Currently Scheduled: 10/13/2021 - 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: Floral Hall A1
Main Author
Mark Kelinske - Agilent Technologies
- Jenny Nelson - Agilent Technologies
Abstract:
The measurement of trace metals in petroleum feeds and its derivatives provides vital information required for running sustainable and daily petroleum operations around the world. Spectrochemistry techniques such as Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and more recently, Microwave Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (MP-AES) are used as primary detection methods in different petroleum facilities due to their ability to perform multielement analyses, covering a broad range of concentrations as well as being robust and reliable. While ICP-OES is considered the workhorse technique in many petroleum labs, ICP-MS is becoming more integrated into petroleum laboratories due to its maturity and versatility. Coupling separation techniques with ICP-MS, such as GC and LC, has found its home in many Petroleum labs, with many different exciting applications. We will cover the metal distribution in petroleum fractions along the boiling point for distillable fractions by using High-Temperature Gas Chromatography Coupled with ICP-MS (HT-GC-ICP-MS). This talk will also cover our efforts towards developing an ASTM Jet Fuel method. Many interesting elements that aren’t commonly requested, including Platinum (Pt) and Pallidum (Pd), in Petroleum methods, will be discussed with this new ICP-MS method. MP-AES is also starting to call the attention of different petroleum labs as a possible alternative to ICP-OES due to its ability to be independent of using argon as the sustained plasma gas. We will update you on all the ASTM efforts concerning MP-AES.
