Research Article

Rethinking Petroleum Products Certification

Table 1

Technologies to integrate an ILBC-based operation model.

TechnologiesReferencesProsCons

SpectroscopyGilbert et al., 2004 [18]
Morris et al., 2009 [13]
Fast analysis;
high precision;
low prices
Subject to local and periodic calibrations;
insensitive sulfur compounds
(2d) chromatographyYang et al., 2002 [25]
Wang et al., 2005 [22]
Compositional data;
established technology;
varied configurations
Trade-off between analysis time and data resolution for real-time applications
Mass spectrometryMarshall and Rodgers, 2004
[21]
Fast analysis;
ultrahigh resolution;
detailed characterization;
Qualitative data, due to ionization deficiencies;
high prices
Quantitative structure-property relationshipsCreton et al., 2010 [23]
Saldana et al., 2011 [24]
Fundamental knowledge;
universal applications
Few pure compound properties known;
small data bases