Emprego da técnica de emissão por fluorescência de ultravioleta no monitoramento de inibidores de corrosão em água produzida / Use of ultraviolet fluorescence emission in the monitoring of corrosion inhibitor in produced water

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

13/07/2009

RESUMO

In order to increase the volume of oil extraction, solve and prevent problems in oil production, several chemical products are used. Corrosion inhibitors are the main chemical products used in the whole oil production chain, whose objective is to protect the system from deterioration caused by corrosion. The quaternary ammonium salts are the kind of inhibitor which is more frequently used by the oil industry due to its great efficiency. However, its solubility in water allows them to remain in the produced water representing a risk of environmental contamination, since they have low biodegrability and tendency to bioaccumulation. Once they are mixed to other chemical products and affected by the variations of the environment where they are applied, it becomes a challenge to production field laboratories to select a reliable and viable analysis method for on-line monitoring. This essay tends to focus on the use of the ultraviolet fluorescence in the quantification of an inhibitor of corrosion of the quaternary ammonium salt type in water. There has been obtained emission spectra of the commercial product in water besides the study of instrumental variables and interference of chemical substances in the produced water. The comparison with quaternary ammonium salt standards allow identifying an alkyl-aryl quaternary ammonium salt as the main fluorophore. Tests of stability have demonstrated that the addition of isopropyl alcohol reduces the fall of the fluorescent signal from 40 to 24% in three days time. This fall is caused by the adsorption of corrosion inhibitor in the surface of plastic containers. Good correlation curves of calibration have been obtained with commercial formularization and methyldodecylbenzyl trimethyl ammonium chloride. Synthetic samples of inhibitor have been determined with a relative error from 2,70 to 13,32%. One produced water sample from a production field has been used to evaluate the standard addition method. Satisfactory results have not been successfully achieved, principally, due to the interference of aromatics organic compounds found in the water sample

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inibidores de corrosão sais de amônio quaternário água produzida água descartada fluorescência analise de tracos e quimica ambiental corrosion inhibitor quaternary ammonium salts produced water discharged water fluorescence

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