Analysis of Fischer-Tropsch by-product waters by gas chromatography

✍ Scribed by Anderson, Richard R. ;White, Curt M.

• Book ID: 102895037
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 513 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0935-6304
• DOI: 10.1002/jhrc.1240170410

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This paper describes a quantitative technique for the determination of organic constituents in Fischer‐Tropsch by‐product waters. Temperature‐programmed gas chromatography on derivatized bonded polar capillary columns provides the required separation that permits reliable quantitation of individual compounds. A preliminary combined gas chromatographic–mass spectrometric survey to identify the components present in Fischer‐Tropsch by‐product waters is presented. The elution order of 58 identified components is tabulated. Components identified in a typical Fischer‐Tropsch by‐product water include C~1~–C~9~ linear and branched alcohols, C~3~C~8~ ketones, C~2~C~6~ carboxylic acids, and C~2~C~4~ linear aldehydes.