Product Line Industrial

XPLORER
Total Nitrogen, Sulfur and
Chlorine
Content
XPLORER Analyzer
XPLORER Accessories
TEIS Software
Principle
Markets
Samples
Applications

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 Product Portfolio, XPLORER

Total Nitrogen
Total Sulfur
Total Nitrogen & Sulfur
Total Halogens (Chlorine)

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 Product Portfolio, Samplers
ARCHIE
Liquid samples

NEWTON
Solid samples
Viscous samples

GLS
Gas
LPG

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 Product Portfolio, ARCHIE
Liquids Autosampler
Direct Injection
105 or 210 Positions
2 mL Sample Vials
Intelligent Syringe Wash
Conditioned Sample Tray(s)
Controlled by TEIS
Software
Auto-Dilution
Creating of Standards

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 Product Portfolio, NEWTON
Solids Autosampler

Up to 60 Sample Positions
Easy Operation
Gravity Driven
Slider Principle
Controlled by TEIS Software
Sample Cups Collection in Cup
Container (Clean Cup
Collection Point)

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 Product Portfolio, GLS
Gas and Liquid Sampler

Sampler for Gas & LPG Samples

Fully Controlled by TEIS
Software
Two Sample Loops:
LPG: 100 L
Gas: 10 mL
Multiple Injection of Sample Loop
(max. 99 times)
Heated Gas Loop and Mixing
Vessel
Stand Alone Operation possible 7
 Product Portfolio, TEIS
Software
Plug and Play for the XPLORER and
all its accessories
Alarm Notification
Full Error Logging
Message Board with Complete
System Methods
Enhanced Standby Functions
LIMS

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Principle: Overview

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 Principle: Introduction
Liquids Module
Liquids with Final Boiling
Point < 420 C (According
ASTM D5453)

Solids module
Solids
Liquids with Final Boiling
Point > 420 C (According
ASTM)

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 Principle: Introduction
Liquids Module

Active Temperature Control by TEIS (default 500

C)
Liquids with Final Boiling Point up to 420 C
Easy Operation by 100 L Syringe
Matrix independent
Example of samples:
Naphta
Fuels
High purity solvents
LPG
Gas
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 Principle: Introduction
Solids by Boat Module

Fully Software Controlled Boat Program

(Application Customizable)
Solids introduction
Sample weights up to 500 mg

Example of samples:
Plastics
Solid Organics
Viscous Hydrocarbons
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 Principle: Introduction
Liquids by Boat Module

Fully Software Controlled Boat

Program (Application Customizable)
Liquids by boat introduction
High boiling liquids
Liquids with a variety of boiling points (low and high)

Example of samples:
Bitumes
Crude oil with final boiling
point > 420 C
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 Principle: Combustion
Different Combustion Tubes

Standard Combustion
Tube

Standard Combustion
Tube with Frit (AOX)

Collision Flow Tube

Collision Flow Tube with

Boat Cooling
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 Principle: Combustion
Standard Combustion Tube (with or without frit)

Suitable for:
AOX (Standard Combustion Tube with Frit)
All Liquids (Final Boiling Point < 420 C) & Gas Applications

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 Principle: Combustion
Collision Flow Tube (CFT)

Secondary Oxygen Flow

Collision of the Combustion Gases Creates a
Dynamic Turbulence of the Oxidizing Gas Stream
and Replaces some of the Depleted Oxygen
Result: More Oxidation Power for Difficult to
Oxidize Samples

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 Principle: Combustion
Collision Flow Tube (CFT) with Boat Cooling

Improved Cooling for Boat Introduction

Same Advantages as collision Flow Tube
Suitable for all Industrial Applications

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 Principle: Conditioning
Nitrogen and Sulfur

Water Removal by Perma Pure

Re-Usable Cleanable Filter
Low in cost
Re-Usable
No need for Expensive Disposable PTFE Fiber Filters

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 Principle: Detection
Nitrogen by Chemiluminecsence NO

O3 Gas Out

Reaction chamber

PMT

An even smaller NO detector

Gold coated reaction chamber for high efficiency
Reduced pressure, improved reaction and sensitivity Measured by
Peltier cooled PMT (Photomultiplier Tube) PMT
Compact ceramic ozone generator
Surplus of Ozone is killed by catalyst based O3 O2 converter, no additional energy required
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 Principle: Detection
Sulfur by UV-Fluorecsence
A very compact SO2 detector, UV-Fluorescence
Excellent band pass filtering, Nitrogen (NO) cross interference well below 0.4%
Photo diode feedback loop to compensate for possible energy loss
Compliant to all relevant methods e.g. ASTM

Flash lamp PMT

SO2
Filter
Measured by
PMT

Reaction chamber
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Monochromator
 Principle: Conditioning
Chlorine

Tracing
Heated at 200 C
Cooling down Gases
Keeping H2O in Vapor (No Condensation Allowed)

Sulfuric Acid Scrubber

Filled with approximately 13 mL 98% Sulfuric Acid
Removal Water and Particles (Drying the Gas)
Improving Cell Stability
 Principle: Detection
Chlorine by Micro-coulometry

Large Capacity (35 mL 75% Acetic Acid)

Temperature Controlled (15-20 C)
Robust
Sensitive
Easy Maintenance
Solid Silver Electrodes
Reference Electrode sits in Acetic
Acid as well, no Special Requirements
 SEAL CURVA GAUSIANA

CALCULOS BASADOS EN AREA

INTEGRADA BAJO CURVA
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PARAMETROS DE INTEGRACION
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 Samples
Refineries: Samples Everywhere!

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 Applications
Use of Different Introduction Modules
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 Applications
Nitrogen
ASTM D 4629
Description Standard Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Liquid
Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Syringe/Inlet Oxidative
Combustion and Chemiluminescence Detection

Details Trace Total Nitrogen 0.3 100 mg/kg

Boiling range 50 400 C
Viscosities 0.2 10 cSt (mm2/s) at room temperature.

Samples Naphthas
Distillates
Oils

Recommended Configuration XPLORER-N or XPLORER-NS

Collision Flow Tube
Manual Liquids Module or ARCHIE Sampler

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 Applications
Nitrogen
ASTM D 5762
Description Standard Test Method for Nitrogen in Petroleum and
Petroleum Products by Boat-Inlet Chemiluminescence

Details Trace total nitrogen 40 10,000 g/g (mg/kg)

For light hydrocarbons containing less than 100 g/g
nitrogen, Test Method D 4629 can be more appropriate.

Samples Liquid Hydrocarbons

Petroleum Process Streams
Lubricating Oils

Recommended Configuration XPLORER-N or XPLORER-NS

Collision Flow Tube with Boat Cooling
Manual Liquids or ARCHIE Sampler
Manual Solids or NEWTON Sampler
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 Applications
Nitrogen
ASTM D 6069
Description Standard Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Aromatic
Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Combustion and Reduced
Pressure Chemiluminescence Detection

Details Trace Total Nitrogen 0.2 2 mg/kg

For higher nitrogen concentrations refer to Test Method
D 4629

Samples Liquid Hydrocarbons

Petroleum Process Streams
Lubricating Oils

Recommended Configuration XPLORER-N or XPLORER-NS

Collision Flow Tube
Manual Liquids Module or ARCHIE Sampler

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 Applications
Nitrogen
ASTM D 7184
Description Standard Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Aromatic
Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Combustion and Reduced
Pressure Chemiluminescence Detection

Details Total Nitrogen 0.38 1.2 mg/kg

For higher nitrogen concentrations refer to Test Method
D 6069 or D 4629.

Samples Benzene
Toluene
Xylene

Recommended Configuration XPLORER-N or XPLORER-NS

Collision Flow Tube
Manual Liquids Module or ARCHIE Sampler

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 Applications
Sulfur
ASTM D 5453
Description Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in
Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel
Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence

Details Total Sulfur 1.0 8,000 mg/kg

Boiling range 25 400 C
Viscosities 0.2 20 cSt (mm2/s) at room temperature.

Samples Naphthas, Distillates, Engine Oil, Ethanol, Fatty Acid

Recommended Configuration
Methyl Ester (FAME); Engine Fuel such as Gasoline,
Oxygen Enriched Gasoline (Ethanol Blends, E-85, M-85,
RFG), Diesel, Biodiesel, Diesel/Biodiesel Blends, Jet Fuel
XPLORER-N or XPLORER-NS
Collision Flow Tube
Manual Liquids Module or ARCHIE Sampler
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 Applications
Sulfur
ASTM D 6667
Description Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Volatile
Sulfur in Gaseous Hydrocarbons and Liquefied Petroleum
Gases by Ultraviolet Fluorescence

Details Total Sulfur 1 100 mg/kg

Samples LPGs containing less than 0.35 % (mass/mass) halogens

Recommended Configuration XPLORER-S or XPLORER-NS

Collision Flow Tube with Boat Cooling
Manual Liquids with GLS

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 Applications
Sulfur
ASTM D 7183
Description Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in
Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Chemicals by
Ultraviolet Fluorescence

Details Total Sulfur 0.5 100 mg/kg

Samples Aromatic Hydrocarbons, their Derivatives, and Related

Chemicals

Recommended Configuration XPLORER-S or XPLORER-NS

Collision Flow Tube
Manual Liquids Module or ARCHIE Sampler

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 Applications
Chlorine
ASTM D 4929
Description Standard Test Methods for Determination of Organic
Chloride Content in Crude Oil

Details Above 1 g/g Organically-Bound Chlorine

Samples Distillation of Crude Oil Test Specimens to obtain a

Naphtha Fraction prior to Chloride Determination

Recommended Configuration XPLORER-S or XPLORER-NS

Collision Flow Tube
Manual Liquids Module or ARCHIE Sampler

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 Applications
Chlorine
ASTM D 5808
Description Standard Test Method for Determining Chloride in
Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Chemicals by
Microcoulometry

Details Total Chlorine 1.0 25 mg/kg

Samples Aromatic Hydrocarbons, their Derivatives, and Related

Chemicals

Recommended Configuration XPLORER-N or XPLORER-NS

Collision Flow Tube with Boat Cooling
Manual Liquids or ARCHIE Sampler
Manual Solids or NEWTON Sampler
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 Applications
Chlorine
UOP 779
Description Chloride in Petroleum Distillates by Microcoulometry

Details Total Chlorine 0.3 1,000 mg/kg

Higher Concentrations can be Determined with Appropriate
Sample Dilution

Samples Petroleum Destilates

Recommended Configuration XPLORER-TX

Collision Flow Tube with Boat Cooling
Manual Injection or ARCHIE Sampler

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