Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6476261 | Fuel Processing Technology | 2017 | 9 Pages |
â¢Polar à mid-polar column combination GC à GC improves separation of highly polar oxygen containing compoundsâ¢Estonian pyrolysis shale oil contains 39 wt.% of oxygen containing compoundsâ¢Carbon number ranges from C3 to C26, C< 21 account for 95 wt.% of the sampleâ¢Olefins and cycloalkanes, with concentrations of 17.5 wt.% and 16.8 wt.% respectively, are the major chemical classes
An Estonian pyrolysis shale oil has been characterized using comprehensive two dimensional gas chromatography (GC Ã GC) coupled to a flame ionization detector (FID) and time of flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS). Oxygen containing compounds were abundant and the following classes were identified: benzenediols, hydroxybenzofurans, phenols, ketones, and naphthols. The large peak overlap observed for oxygenates with the hydrocarbon matrix using a non-polar Ã polar column combination made identification and quantification difficult. A methodology based on the more selective separation using a polar Ã non-polar and polar Ã mid-polar column configurations was developed and tested. The obtained bidimensional resolution confirms that the method provides an improved separation of unsaturated hydrocarbons, mid-polar and even highly polar oxygen containing compounds. The use of an internal standard methodology allowed complete quantification of the pyrolysis shale oil both by carbon number and chemical class.