Issue 6, 2006
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Lab on a Chip

The liquid–liquid diffusive extraction of hydrocarbons from a North Sea oil using a microfluidic format

S. A. Bowden,*a   P. B. Monaghan,b   R. Wilson,b   J. Parnella  and  J. M. Cooperb  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Geology & Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, UK
E-mail: s.a.bowden@abdn.ac.uk
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b Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK
E-mail: jmcooper@elec.gla.ac.uk
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Tel: +44 (0)141 3304931

Abstract

Extraction of a GC-amenable hydrocarbon fraction from oil by liquid–liquid diffusion across a laminar interface can be performed in a microfluidic format. Analysis of figures of merit, determined using standard analytical techniques, show this method to be an effective new tool for rapidly processing small quantities of oil and petroleum for GC analysis. Methods based upon similar microsystems devices could find widespread use in a variety of fields, including those associated with organic geochemistry and oil exploration and production, where the manipulation of petroleum constituents (greater than C14) is necessary for analytical purposes.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B518162C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Dec 2005
Accepted
05 Apr 2006
First published
13 Apr 2006

Lab Chip, 2006,6, 740-743

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S. A. Bowden, P. B. Monaghan, R. Wilson, J. Parnell and J. M. Cooper, Lab Chip, 2006, 6, 740 DOI: 10.1039/B518162C

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