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Total Sulfur and Total Nitrogen in Fuels and Chemical

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Total Sulfur and Total Nitrogen in Fuels and Chemicals

Regulatory agencies around the world have been implementing increasingly stricter fuel emissions guidelines over the past decades to limit air pollution. Regulations such as the American Tier III, European Euro 6 or the Indian Bharat VI set quantitative limits on the permissible number of specific pollutants that can be released during combustion.

Sulfur and Nitrogen are both controlled under these regulations due to the health and environmental impact of their oxides: Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Oxide (NO) and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), commonly referred to as NOx. In order to measure sulfur and nitrogen content in fuels, chemicals and petrochemicals, Process Insights delivers the XT-2000 laboratory analyzer for both Total Sulfur (TS) and Total Nitrogen (TN) measurements.

The XT-2000 utilizes patented Excimer UV Fluorescence (EUVF) Technology for TS measurement and proprietary Chemiluminescence (CL) technology for TN measurement offering exceptional sensitivity that does not require a vacuum pump minimizing maintenance requirements and improving analytical stability. The XT-2000 provides accurate, precise and fast analysis for a broad range of samples with a typical analysis time of 3 minutes or less.

The XT-2000 demonstrates outstanding linearity for 0-100 ng/μL TS/TN in isooctane standards with excellent 0.9998 and 0.9995 correlation for both TS and TN measurements. Results for various fuels and chemicals presented on the following page show TS and TN content from ppb level to 31.45 ppm/wt (TS) / 12.48 ppm/wt (TN). All samples were analyzed 5 times with an RSD of 2% or better for samples above 1 ppm. 

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Trace Sulfur in Butane and Other Gas or LNG Applications

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Trace Sulfur in Butane and Other Gas or LNG Applications

Increasing need for Total Sulfur trace analysis in gas and LNG products

This remarkable online process analyzer incorporates our patented Excimer UV Fluorescence (EUVF) Technology and is specifically designed for measurement of Trace Total Sulfur content in applications that require the ultimate in low-level sensitivity, such as polymer-related applications.

One application where our TraceS-1000 has demonstrated exceptional analytical performance is the measurement of total sulfur in butane at the ultra-low range of 0-1000 ppb/vol.  Acquired test results reflect excellent linearity, precision and long-term stability for this extremely low range. Analytical results represented were obtained utilizing an oxygen/argon blend for combustion.

The TraceS-1000 provides unparalleled sensitivity and rapid response to concentration changes with a typical analysis time of only 180 seconds. Instrument operation is simplified with intuitive and user-friendly software, with an added feature that allows data averaging for enhanced analytical precision. Eight-hour repeatability using a sulfur dioxide (SO2) permeation tube for sulfur addition to instrument-grade butane demonstrated a SD of 14.7 ppb at 205 ppb/vol. concentration or 7.17% RSD. Using the moving average feature, a 3-run analysis (9-min. response time) further improved repeatability, yielding a SD of 8.5 ppb or 4.16%. Various concentrations run for linearity characterization reflect rapid response, outstanding repeatability and excellent linearity with a 0.9965 correlation.

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Welcome ATOM Instrument

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Welcome ATOM Instrument

Process Insights Announces Acquisition of ATOM Instrument

Greensboro, NC – November 11, 2019.  Process Insights, an online process analytics and measurement instrumentation holding company, today announced the acquisition of the ATOM Instrument business assets (“ATOM”) from Singapore-based Advanced Holdings Ltd.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ATOM is a leader in engineering and manufacturing laboratory and online process elemental analyzers for total sulfur-nitrogen applications in liquids, solids and gases.  Backed by over 15 years of technology innovation and industry expertise, ATOM further expands Process Insights’ core gas and liquid-phase online analysis and measurement product portfolio while adding total sulfur and total nitrogen capability to Process Insights’ technology mix.

ATOM will join COSA Xentaur Corporation, Alpha Omega Instruments Corporation, Hygrocontrol GmbH, LAR Process Analysers AG and Tiger Optics, LLC as another premium brand under Process Insights.  Process Insights’ premium brands address the needs of customers for reliable online process monitoring, measurement, analytics, control and safety across a wide range of applications and end markets.  Process Insights’ total solutions help the customers in their mission critical applications to ensure safe operations, increase product quality, reduce disruptions and downtime, attain increasingly higher levels of process efficiency and throughput, and compliance with complex regulatory requirements.

“ATOM is a natural extension to Process Insights’ operating companies.  ATOM broadens Process Insights’ already robust portfolio of analytical instrumentation and technology” said Monte Hammouri, CEO of Process Insights.  “ATOM’s patented and proprietary technology, as well as its differentiated product portfolio add an important core capability to Process Insights.  ATOM has a successful history of providing high-quality, process and lab instruments and services that have delighted customers for over a decade.  Together, we continue to strengthen our position as a leading provider of online process analytical instrumentation to better serve our customers around the globe.”

“This is an exciting merger as the acquisition will open expanding growth opportunities for ATOM products, made possible by Cosa Xentaur’s long-standing reputation and global presence” said Franek Olstowski, President & Founder of ATOM.  “Becoming part of Process Insights will enable synergistic creativity and innovation, promoting continued development of new products and technologies, while the integration of our companies with common business philosophies and complementary products, will provide the industry with a more comprehensive offering of analytical instrumentation and measurement solutions.”

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