Influence of chemical composition on the fluorescence lifetimes of crude petroleum oils

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4876, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1188-1195

  Ryder, Alan G ^a   Glynn, Thomas J ^a   Feely, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

API gravity; Aromatic; Asphaltene; Fluorescence; Lifetime; Petroleum; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENERGY TRANSFER; GRAVITATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; QUENCHING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES (FL);

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0042732920     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.463915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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