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High-Temperature and High-Pressure In situ Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Published on: October 9, 2020
Pressure broadening in Raman spectra of CH4-N2, CH4-CO2, and CH4-C2H6 gas mixtures
Aleksandr S Tanichev1, Dmitry V Petrov2
1Laboratory of Ecological Instrumentation, Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems, 634055 Tomsk, Russia.
Abstract:
Different molecular environments change the spectrum of a given gas sample involved in a mixture compared to the spectrum of a pure gas. It is necessary to account for this effect to improve the accuracy of the analysis of the natural gas composition by Raman spectroscopy. First, the change in the main components of natural gas (methane, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and ethane) must be considered. This work is devoted to the mutual influence of CH4-N2, CH4-CO2, and CH4-C2H6 on their characteristic Raman bands in the range of 300-2500 cm-1. The half-width and asymmetry of the Q branches of N2, CO2, and C2H6 as a function of methane concentration were obtained in the range of 1-50 bar. The averaged broadening coefficients of the rotational-vibrational lines of the ν2 band of CH4 perturbed by N2, CO2, and C2H6 are measured. A high-sensitivity spectrometer with a resolution of 0.5 cm-1 based on spontaneous Raman scattering was used to obtain reliable results. The algorithm and all the necessary parameters for simulating the effect of various molecular environments on the Raman bands of the main components of natural gas are presented.
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