In this webinar a dearomatization process will be described, whereby fuel streams in which aromatics and alkyl compounds are present, are subjected to ring-opening processes in order to improve the fuel stream features looking at gaining better ignition properties as much as minimizing the particulate emissions.
There is a need to monitor the entire process to ensure the desired reaction has occurred – this involves complex samples containing many chemical classes, such as mono-aromatics, trace polyaromatics (reactives), as well as the product naphthenes and paraffins. Here, GC×GC coupled with parallel detection by TOF MS/FID will be shown to provide confident identification and robust quantitation at each stage of the process.