Get the Right Answer Faster with the VUV Fuels Analyser

Analysing finished gasoline is an inherently complicated process-the compounds are complex, and most refineries use convoluted, outdated analysis methods. These traditional techniques use dyes, multiple columns, valves, and traps, all of which must work in perfect harmony to produce reliable results. Obtaining accurate results from these analysers usually requires prior knowledge of the samples being analysed, and hunting this information down is a waste of your employees’ time and your money. These instruments are intricate and expensive. When one of the many parts needs to be repaired or replaced, costs skyrocket.

Your business is too busy to get bogged down with all those complications-you need a streamlined, reliable analyser. A system that uses just one gas chromatograph column, eliminates superfluous valves and traps, offers highly accurate results with the push of a button, requires very little routine maintenance, and needs no proprietary dyes. You need the Automated Fuels Analyser from VUV Analytics.

The Automated Fuels Analyser represents the latest in fuels analysis innovation. It combines the power of gas chromatography with vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy (GC–VUV), the simplicity of VUV Analyze™ software, and the ASTM D8071 method into one easy-to-use solution for analysing finished gasoline.

A powerful chromatograph and detector are critical for automated fuels analysis, and no product on the market is more robust than GC–VUV. The VUV spectrometer in the Automated Fuels Analyser is a universal detector, so virtually every compound absorbs in the VUV spectrum between 125 and 240 nm. This system provides unmatched selectivity of isomers and co-eluting analytes without the need for chromatographic baseline resolution. The chromatographic data and unique spectral fingerprints deliver an accurate, complete PIONA analysis unmatched by traditional approaches.

Once the data are generated, they need to be analysed. VUV Analyze makes truly automated fuels analysis possible, streamlining data processing by matching unique VUV spectral fingerprints against a comprehensive spectral library. Quantitation is a cinch, and you can be confident in the results.

The Automated Fuels Analyser is the only system compliant with ASTM D8071 for PIONA group type and oxygenate analysis, so you can get accurate reads on complex samples at unmatched speeds. VUV Analyze can accurately identify co-eluting compounds reliably the first time, every time. This method also requires only a fraction of standards and materials needed for traditional methods.

Some traditional fuels analysis tools require up to 25 consumables! The Automated Fuels Analyser has just one consumable—a deuterium lamp that lasts thousands of hours. Because the design of this analyser is so streamlined, no valves will malfunction, no traps need replacement or recalibration, and no pre-columns demand tuning. There’s not even a vacuum pump. Optimum uptime and performance are key for your refining operations, and there is no other tool capable of PIONA analysis at the same level of robustness.

Your organisation doesn’t settle for less than the best, and your instrumentation should reflect that. Contact VUV Analytics today to find out how the Automated Fuels Analyser can make your life easier.