Fluorescence analysis of crude oil samples with different spectral approaches

Chun Yan Wang*, Xin Shun Wang, Yan Hua Wang, Ju Wei Gao, Rong Er Zheng

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Abstract

Fluorescence techniques based on emission spectrum, synchronous fluorescence spectrum(SFS), or three-dimensional (3D) fluorescence spectrum, have been widely used in medical, biological and chemical analyses. In the present paper, 25 crude oil samples from 15 different borefields in the concentration range from 10-4 g · L-1 to 10 g · L-1 have been investigated with different spectral approaches. It was shown that, compared with conventional emission spectrum based technique used in oil logging, the 3D fluorescence technique can provide much more information in the analysis of crude oil samples but at the price of time consuming. While the SFS spectrum of a crude oil sample, taken under the emission and excitation wavelength synchronous scan with Δλ = 40 nm, can represent the main characteristic of the 3D spectrum provided, with even better spectral qualities. All the results suggest that SFS technique is a more suitable approach in crude oil sample analysis than the other two, and has a great potential to be developed as a new quantitative analysis method in petroleum logging.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)728-732
Number of pages5
JournalGuang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi/Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis
Volume26
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Crude oil
  • Fluorescence analysis
  • Oil logging
  • Synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy
  • Three-dimensional fluorescence technique

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