Determination of Low-Level sulfur compounds in Natural gas and Petrochemicals by Gas Chromatography and Pulsed flamed photometric Detector

  • Ravi Manne CHEMTEX Environmental & Industrial Hygiene Services, Port Arthur, Texas 77642, USA
  • Raja Sekhara Reddy Iska CHEMTEX Environmental & Industrial Hygiene Services, Port Arthur, Texas 77642, USA

Abstract

The natural gas and petrochemical industries are just some areas in which the analysis of sulfur containing compounds in process streams is a critical quality control step. Not being able to right away detect and accurately assess or quantify these compounds can lead to contaminated products, damaged equipment, poisoned catalysts and process downtime. This article presents a fast, reliable and robust method for the determination of individual volatile sulfur containing compounds in gaseous fuels by gas chromatography coupled with pulsed flame photometric detection.

Keywords: Low-Level sulfur compounds, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Gas Chromatography, Pulsed flamed photometric Detecto

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Manne, R., and R. S. Reddy Iska. “Determination of Low-Level Sulfur Compounds in Natural Gas and Petrochemicals by Gas Chromatography and Pulsed Flamed Photometric Detector”. Himalayan Journal of Health Sciences, Vol. 4, no. 3, Feb. 2022, pp. 4-7, doi:10.22270/hjhs.v4i3.33.
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