Presentation Profile
Assuring Repeatability and Reliability in Chromatographic Analysis
Main Author
Brian Rohrback - Infometrix, Inc.
Abstract:
Whether in the laboratory or found in a process setting, chromatography is a vital product quality control agent in the hydrocarbon processing industry. It is inexpensive, extremely adaptable to most applications, and allows us to characterize mixtures to confirm composition. There are algorithmic processing approaches that can perform signal processing and automate the interpretation of the data. They rely on the fact that a chromatogram is a fingerprint and can be processed in a manner identical to how we handle optical spectroscopy and will assess the data quality objectively. These approaches work with any instrument, vastly simplify the workflow tied to generating an expert system, and ensure that any legacy system in place is preserved.
