BS EN 12916:2016
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Petroleum products. Determination of aromatic hydrocarbon types in middle distillates. High performance liquid chromatography method with refractive index detection
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2016 | 22 |
This European Standard specifies a test method for the determination of the content of mono-aromatic, di-aromatic and tri+-aromatic hydrocarbons in diesel fuels that may contain fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) up to 30 % (V/V) and petroleum distillates in the boiling range from 150 °C to 400 °C. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons content is calculated from the sum of di-aromatic and tri+-aromatic hydrocarbons and the total content of aromatic compounds is calculated from the sum of the individual aromatic hydrocarbon types.
Compounds containing sulfur, nitrogen and oxygen can interfere in the determination; mono-alkenes do not interfere, but conjugated di-alkenes and poly-alkenes, if present, may do so.
The precision statement of the test method has been established for diesel fuels with and without FAME blending components, with a mono-aromatic content in the range from 6 % ( m/m) to 30 % ( m/m), a di-aromatic content from 1 % ( m/m) to 10 % ( m/m), a tri+-aromatic content from 0 % ( m/m) to 2 % ( m/m), a polycyclic aromatic content from 1 % ( m/m) to 12 % ( m/m), and a total aromatic content from 7 % ( m/m) to 42 % ( m/m).
For the purpose of this European Standard, the terms “% (m/m)” and “% ( V/V)” are used to represent the mass fraction and the volume fraction of a material respectively.
By convention, the aromatic hydrocarbon types are defined on the basis of their elution characteristics from the specified liquid chromatography column relative to model aromatic compounds. Their quantification is performed using an external calibration with a single aromatic compound for each of them, which may or may not be representative of the aromatics present in the sample. Alternative techniques and test methods may classify and quantify individual aromatic hydrocarbon types differently.
The use of this Standard can involve hazardous materials, operations and equipment. This Standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems associated with its use. It is the responsibility of users of this standard to take appropriate measures to ensure the safety and health of personnel prior to application of the standard, and fulfil statutory and regulatory requirements for this purpose.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 4 | Contents Page |
| 5 | European foreword |
| 6 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references |
| 7 | 3 Terms and definitions |
| 8 | 4 Principle 5 Reagents and materials |
| 9 | 6 Apparatus |
| 10 | 7 Sampling 8 Apparatus preparation Figure 1 — Diagrammatic representation of a liquid chromatograph |
| 12 | Figure 2 — Chromatogram of the system calibration standard SCS1 |
| 13 | 9 Calibration Table 1 — Concentrations of calibration standard components |
| 14 | Figure 3 — Chromatogram of calibration standard 10 Procedure |
| 15 | Figure 4 — Chromatogram with the peaks identified and showing the integration |
| 16 | 11 Calculation 11.1 Retention times 11.2 Column resolution 11.3 Cut times |
| 17 | 11.4 Aromatic hydrocarbons type content 11.5 Polycyclic and total aromatic hydrocarbons content 12 Expression of results 13 Precision 13.1 General 13.2 Repeatability r |
| 18 | 13.3 Reproducibility R Table 2 — Precision values 14 Test report |
| 19 | Annex A (informative) Column selection and use |
| 20 | Bibliography |
