Artigo Revisado por pares

DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND TYPES IN VACUUM GAS OILS USING GC-FID-SCD METHOD

2000; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 18; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/10916460008949831

ISSN

1532-2459

Autores

Haider Behbehani, M.K. Andari,

Tópico(s)

Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

Resumo

ABSTRACT The analyses of individual organic sulfur compounds in petroleum distillates are the key to understanding the kinetics of the chemistry involved in hydrodesulfurization, HDS. A sample of vacuum gas oil (VGO) produced commercially by distillation of treated atmospheric residue was analyzed by GC-FID-SCD method for individual organic sulfur compounds characterization and quantification. Dibenzothiophene and benzonaphthothiophene and their alkyl derivatives were found to constitute almost the entire organic sulfur compound range present in the VGO. Using a relationship between the total sulfur determined by “X-ray” and “Coulomax” methods and the composition of individual sulfur compounds determined by SCD, the quantity of those organic sulfur compounds present in VGO was estimated. Despite the limit in temperature raise (325°C) in the capillary column and that the range studied (346-555°C) is higher than those limits, optimum conditions were chosen to overcome those obstacles. From the analyses the behavior of refractory and unrefractory sulfur compounds in the VGO region can now be followed easily.

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