Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10272385 | Fuel | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The requirement of fuels with ultra low impact to the environment forces the application of specific upgrading treatments to crude oils to reduce the heteroatom content, especially for N which is more difficult to be converted. Easy and well descriptive analytical methods are required to control the nature and the amount of N-containing species in petroleum cuts. GCÂ ÃÂ GC-MSD analysis proves to be a suitable technique for identifying the N-containing families, i.e. one base structure (e.g. indole) and all its derivatives with aliphatic substitutes, and quantifying (wt.%) their single components. An analytical method for identification and quantification of N-compounds, together with aromatic and S-compounds identification and distribution, was proposed and verified on crude oil fractions.
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Authors
C. Flego, C. Zannoni,