A SIMPLE MULTIMODE SIZE-EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE DEGREE OF THERMAL-TREATMENT OF FOSSIL-FUEL PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS

Authors
LAFLEUR AL SAROFIM AF WORNAT MJ
Citation
Al. Lafleur et al., A SIMPLE MULTIMODE SIZE-EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE DEGREE OF THERMAL-TREATMENT OF FOSSIL-FUEL PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS, Energy & fuels, 7(3), 1993, pp. 357-361
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical","Energy & Fuels
Journal title
Energy & fuels → ACNP
ISSN journal
08870624
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
357 - 361
Database
ISI
SICI code
0887-0624(1993)7:3<357:ASMSCM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Multimode size exclusion chromatography of complex mixtures from coal pyrolysis using a poly-(divinylbenzene) column and dichloromethane mob ile phase permitted the separation of the mixture into two fractions e nriched in either substituted (XPAC) or unsubstituted (HPAC) polycycli c aromatic compounds. The XPAC/HPAC ratio, a parameter easily obtained by this method, was found to be a useful indicator of the degree of t hermal treatment of coal and other fossil fuels. The sensitivity of th e technique allowed it to be applied to the characterization of microg ram-level samples produced by small laboratory-scale pyrolysis furnace s.