Characterization and comparison of vanadyl and nickel compounds in heavy crude petroleums and asphaltenes by reverse-phase and size-exclusion liquid chromatography/graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry
Vanadyl and nickel non-porphyrin rich fractions have been characterized in pyridine/water extracts of four heavy crude petroleums using reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography in combination with element-selective graphite furnace atomic absorption detection (RP-HPLC/GFAA). On the basis of rapid-scan UV-vis data indicating a lack of Soret absorbance associated with separated vanadyl and nickel containing fractions, we have categorized highly polar nickel compounds as non-porphyrin in Boscan, Cerro Negro, Wilmington, and Prudhoe Bay heavy crude petroleums. The presence of lower polarity vanadyl non-porphyrin compounds, occurring primarily in Wilmington and Prudhoe Bay petroleum, has also been confirmed. The vanadium histogrammic profiles, obtained using reverse-phase and size-exclusion HPLC/GFAA analysis for compounds extracted from the n-pentane (40:1) precipitated asphaltenes, were similar when compared to the pyridine/water extracts from the heavy crude petroleums.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, Berkeley
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 5671585
- Journal Information:
- Anal. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: Anal. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 56:13; ISSN ANCHA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
ALKANES
ASPHALTENES
ASPHALTS
AZINES
BITUMENS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
DATA
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXTRACTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
LIQUID COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY
METALS
NICKEL
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PENTANE
PETROLEUM
PYRIDINE
PYRIDINES
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SPECTROSCOPY
TAR
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VANADIUM
WATER