Presentation Profile
Polymer Grade Ethylene and Propylene Process Monitoring by Optically Enhanced FTIR
Currently Scheduled: 10/11/2022 - 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Room: Hibiscus
Main Author
Kelly McPartland - Thermo Fisher Scientific
Abstract:
Mid-infrared FTIR gas analyzers have the unique ability to monitor many compounds over a wide dynamic range, which allows for the simultaneous measurement of % to trace level impurities without physical separation. Historically, these FTIR gas analyzers were only capable of measuring in the mid-ppb range. However, new advances in FTIR gas analysis now allow for impurity measurements at single digit ppb levels, which rivals the sensitivity of GC-based techniques, but with faster analysis times and lower cost of ownership. This presentation will discuss new hardware advances along with data demonstrating the measurement of impurities in bulk ethylene and propylene.
