Recent advances in petroleum analysis by mass spectrometry

E Niyonsaba, JM Manheim, R Yerabolu… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Chemical characterization of petroleum is a challenging task due to its inherently complex
nature. For example, crude oil is believed to have as many or more compounds than the …

Characterization of naphthenic acids in crude oil samples–A literature review

EV Barros, PR Filgueiras, V Lacerda Jr, RP Rodgers… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Given the ill-defined term “naphthenic acids”(NAs), we will classify NAs as the carboxylic
acids found naturally in crude oil, which include both classic NAs (c-NAs, monoacids) and ox …

21 tesla FT-ICR mass spectrometer for ultrahigh-resolution analysis of complex organic mixtures

DF Smith, DC Podgorski, RP Rodgers… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We describe complex organic mixture analysis by 21 tesla (T) Fourier transform ion cyclotron
resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS). Ultrahigh mass-resolving power (m/Δ m 50%> 2 …

Advances in asphaltene petroleomics. Part 2: selective separation method that reveals fractions enriched in island and archipelago structural motifs by mass …

ML Chacón-Patiño, SM Rowland, RP Rodgers - Energy & fuels, 2018 - ACS Publications
Advances in high-resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry
(FT-ICR MS) enable molecular-level characterization of ultracomplex asphaltene samples …

Advances in asphaltene petroleomics. Part 4. Compositional trends of solubility subfractions reveal that polyfunctional oxygen-containing compounds drive …

ML Chacón-Patiño, DF Smith, CL Hendrickson… - Energy & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Asphaltenes have traditionally been conceived as highly aromatic, alkyl-deficient
compounds enriched in pericondensed aromatic “island” motifs. This structural definition …

Lessons learned from a decade-long assessment of asphaltenes by ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry and implications for complex mixture analysis

ML Chacon-Patino, MR Gray, C Rüger… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in instrumentation for high-field Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance
mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) have enabled access to∼ 70 000 unique molecular …

Role of nutrients in bacterial biosurfactant production and effect of biosurfactant production on petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation

AHA Khan, S Tanveer, S Alia, M Anees, A Sultan… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Petroleum hydrocarbons' insolubility (due to hydrophobic nature) remains an important
factor in microbial degradation of these compounds. The use of microbial biosurfactants …

Molecular characterization of fossil and alternative fuels using electrospray ionization fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry: recent advances …

Q Shi, Y Zhang, KH Chung, S Zhao, C Xu - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular composition analysis of petroleum and alternative fuels has been considered as
one of the greatest challenges in analytical chemistry. The rapid development of Fourier …

Petroleomics Approach to Investigate the Composition of Upgrading Products from Pyrolysis Bio-Oils as Determined by High-Field FT-ICR MS

ML Chacón-Patiño, C Mase, JF Maillard… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
One of the few similarities between petroleum and bio-oils derived from biomass pyrolysis is
that they are both complex organic mixtures composed of thousands of distinct elemental …

Online counter gradient LC-FT-ICR-MS enables detection of highly polar natural organic matter fractions

L Han, J Kaesler, C Peng, T Reemtsma… - Analytical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Natural organic matter (NOM) is a highly complex mixture of natural organic molecules. The
recent developments in NOM molecular characterization methods have shown that ESI-FT …