Application de la spectroscopie de fluorescence à l'étude du pétrole: Le défi de la complexité

Abstract

Due to its sensitivity and selectivity, fluorescence spectroscopy is increasingly used in petroleum technology. Firstly, the fundamentals of fluorescence are briefly presented, emphasizing the many difficulties encountered because of the medium complexity and the recent developments of methods like synchronously excited fluorescence spectroscopy and remote detection. Then, the main application fields are successively reviewed, that is identification of pollutant sources, crude oils fingerprinting, information for drilling and exploration and finally the analysis of petroleum constituents. Fluorogenic reactants are only used for trace metal detection after sample mineralization.