New Instrument Systems for NeSSI - CPAC

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New Instrument Systems for NeSSI
Brian G. Rohrback
Infometrix, Inc.
CPAC Meeting November 6, 2012

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Technology Suppliers to Watch
• Gas Chromatography
– Apix/3 Degrees
– Falcon Systems
• Mass Spectrometry
– 1 st Detect
• Raman
– Mustard Tree
• MSPC
– NWA

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Petroleum Industry
Application Coverage
From discovery to abandonment, from ingredient to finished
product, - gas chromatography plays a prominent role in
hydrocarbon evaluation
Upstream
Exploration
Production
Hydrocarbon
System
Play Evaluation
Prospect
Evaluation
Reservoir
Delineation
Production
Optimization
Field
Development
Reservoir
Management
Field
Abandonment
Areas where GC
is critical
Transport &
Storage
Downstream
Processing QC Product QC Distribution &
Retail
Refining and Distribution

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•European standard εX II 2 G T6
•USA standard Class 1 Division 1
•High sensitivity, low limit of detection
•C 1 – C 5 , CO, CO 2 , O 2 , N 2 , H 2 S, BTEX
•ppb to percent
•Plug and play hardware upgrades

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Falcon Analytical
Gas Chromatograph (C 1 to C 50+ , fixed)
Concentration: ppm to percent
Speed: 1-5 minutes cycle time
Power: 225 Watts for 2 column, 2 detector
Multiple detectors (TCD, FID, DID, FPD, …)
Lab, on-line, portable use same hardware
Modular, plug-and-play of entire chromatograph
or components
Chemometrics built in
Alignment, pattern recognition

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Polywax Standard
nC 60

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Calidus:
Modular, Flexible, Compact GC
FID
TCD
Column Module

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D-2887 Report
• Points of Interest
– Chromatogram
shown with BP curve
and blank
chromatogram
overlaid
– Selected BP data
shown in the table.
– 84 second run

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Information content maintained at faster speeds:
BP, F
Data from µGC, lab GC, and process GC
800
700
600
The yield curves match thanks to
LineUp alignment
500
400
300
200
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Yield, w t%
4 minute cycle on Calidus
versus 1.5 hour cycle on an
Agilent 6890

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Absolute Values of Difference from the
Consensus Values (red is the D-2887 tolerance)

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1 st Detect
Small Format Mass Spectrometer (MS, MS n )

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Speed and Limit
of Detection
• ~ ppm detection limits
• Xylene at 2 ppb with10
second concentration

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Coupled with Falcon’s
Calidus for a GC/MS or
GC/MSMS

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Mustard Tree
Process Raman Spectrometer (Class 1, Div 1)
Keys to Performance - The VPS-1000 provides:
Speed, Sensitivity, and Selectivity: expected from Raman
Stability: adaptive lens technology automatically optimizes signal to noise ratio

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Compact
12 lbs, 9”x12”
Easy to mount
Reliable
Fanless cooling
Long life components
50,000 hours design goal
Simple to Install
Combined Electrical and Data
Low Voltage

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Versatile
• Free Space Optics
• Works Through Process Windows
• No fiber probe required
• Flow cell or sight glass
• Adaptive sampling
• Pipes
• Reactors
• Mixing Tanks
• Flow Cells
certified sight glass

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Sensitive
• Adaptive free space optics
• State-of-the-art optics &
electronics
• TE Cooled CCD
• High QE detector
• f/ 1.3 Spectrometer
• Very low stray light
• Superior Laser
• Single Mode Stabilized
• High Power Density

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Rugged
• Sealed Sensor
• Probe is pressurized; IP67
• Extended Temperature; 0-50ᵒC
• Working on wider range
• Corrosion Resistant
• Epoxy, 316 Stainless, Viton
• Hygienic Wash Down
• Minimal crevices
IP67 test

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Integrating Chemometrics and Statistical
Process Monitoring
Quality Analytics software company founded in
1981 and based in Portland, Oregon
Provides a suite of SPC solutions
– Comprehensive SPC Analysis
– Real-time Quality Analytics
– Plant Floor Data Collection and SPC
– Web-based Quality Reporting
– Data Integration Services
Focus on products that integrate easily with
other systems, data sources, and applications
Purchased by over 5000 companies with over
60,000 users since 1985 – primarily in
“Process” industries.

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Multivariate is not much different from
Univariate SPC

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Creating Models and Multivariate SPC charts with
NWA Quality Analyst and Infometrix Pirouette
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Pirouette
4-Evaluate Data
& Build Model
LIMS
3-Export Data
Data
Model
Definition
5-Import Model
Process
Historian
Quality Analyst
Data Set
NWA Quality
Analyst
MvSPC (T2 +
Contributions
Other Data
Sources
1-Connect to
Data Sources
2-Review & Analyze
6-Create MvSPC Charts

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T-Squared MvSPC, Contributions, further analysis:

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.NET Components for Embedded Applications
Data Source
.NET Data
Set
Primary Application
(component host)
Configuration
Properties
NWA
Calc.NET
XML
Model
Definitions
My Dashboard
Embedded in Control Application Thin Client Dashboard Object

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An incomplete education
• This is only a partial view (in more ways than
one)
• It does show that the wellspring of innovation
has not run dry!
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