Monitoring of an esterification reaction by on-line direct liquid sampling mass spectrometry and in-line mid infrared spectrometry with an attenuated total reflectance probe

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 849, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-18

  Owen, Andrew W ^a   McAulay, Edith A J ^a   Nordon, Alison ^a   Littlejohn, David ^a   Lynch, Thomas P ^a,b   Lancaster, J Steven ^b,d   Wright, Robert G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^d Domino UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In line mid infrared spectrometry; On line direct liquid sampling mass spectrometry; Process analysis; Quantitative reaction monitoring; Thermal vaporiser; Trace analysis

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

LIQUID SAMPLING; MIDINFRARED; PROCESS ANALYSIS; REACTION MONITORING; THERMAL VAPORISER;

REACTION RATES;

ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; ALCOHOL; BUTAN 1 OL; BUTANOL; BUTYL ACETATE; PYRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTERIFICATION; FLOW RATE; GAS ANALYSIS; IN LINE MID INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ONLINE DIRECT LIQUID SAMPLING MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; PREDICTION; VAPORIZER;

EID: 84908069445     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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