Use of an Automatic System in the Preparation of Gas Mixtures for Multivariate Calibration: A Case Study Involving NIR Analysis of Natural Gas

AUTOR(ES)

Barbosa, Barbosa, Dantas, Hebertty V., Moreira, Pablo N. T., Galvão, Roberto K. H., Araújo, Mário C. U.

FONTE

J. Braz. Chem. Soc.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2015-10

RESUMO

This paper investigates the use of an automatic system for preparation of gas mixtures in a multivariate calibration problem involving near-infrared (NIR) spectrometric analysis of natural gas. The automatic system is used to prepare calibration mixtures according to a Brereton experimental design, in order to exploit a suitable range of gas concentrations and thus avoid extrapolations in the predictions. These mixtures were employed to build partial-least-squares models for NIR determination of methane, ethane and propane, which are the major components of natural gas. Prediction performance was evaluated by using a separate set of prepared mixtures and natural gas samples with composition analyzed by gas chromatography, as well as a group of certified mixtures. The resulting root-mean-square errors of prediction (RMSEP) values for methane, ethane and propane (3.0, 0.9 and 1.2% mol mol-1, respectively) were approximately 10 times smaller than the corresponding calibration ranges, with correlations of 0.91, 0.96 and 0.86 between the predicted and reference values.

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