| Abstract Title: | Determination of Organic Chlorides in Petroleum Products Using a Halogen Specific Detector |
| Abstract Type: | Poster |
| Session Choice: | Other |
| Presenter Name: | Mr John Damiral |
| Co-authors: | Ms Cynthia Elmore |
| Company/Organisation: | OI Analytical |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
Abstract Information :
Recently there has been interest in the detection and removal of organic chloride species in petroleum products. Crude oil is distilled to form naphthas, and then with continued refining, these products can go through catalytic reforming to produce reformates. Reformates are used for many products including gasoline blending stock and aromatic bulk chemicals, so the process is crucial. During this process catalysts are conditioned with organic chlorides. If these are not removed they may form hydrogen chloride and various organic chlorides which can cause operational problems such as corrosion and poisoning of downstream catalysts, as well as product specification issues. Though they do not occur naturally in crude oils, the presence of organic chlorides can be the result of contamination caused by equipment cleaning or chlorinated solvent used in dewaxing pipelines. Refineries see the need for a more comprehensive approach to the challenges that organic chlorides present in their processes. The ability to sample at various points in the process and speciate the organic chlorides is important to determine where the contamination is coming from and aids in evaluating processes and chloride removal. This poster will present a simple gas chromatographic method utilizing a halogen specific detector (XSD) to determine chlorinated organic compounds in various petroleum samples.
