Abstract:
Objective The flocculent suspended matter in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) diesel oil from a refinery of CNOOC was separated and analyzed. Its composition, source and possible solution were deduced.
Methods A scheme for separating flocculent suspended solids from an oil-water mixture was developed and characterized by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance spectrometry.
Results The results show that flocculent suspended matter are mainly organic compounds and can be flocculated in a hydrochloric acid environment. The main body of the suspended matter is nitrogen-containing compounds about C40-C55 determined by mass spectrometry, and it shows obvious artificial synthesis characteristics.
Conclusions The flocculent suspension is the compound inhibitor of amines and amides or the residue of many kinds of inhibitors. This separation and analysis method can also be used for composition analysis of similar samples, which is helpful for refineries to investigate the causes of similar faults.