Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference (한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집)

Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment (한국지하수토양환경학회)
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The Identification of Spilled Oil by the Pattern of Alkyl PAH

  • Bae, Il-Sang (Seoul Metropolitan Govern, Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) ;
  • Shin, Ho-Sang (Dept. of Environment Science, Kongju National University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Young (Division of Environment Engineering University of Seoul) ;
  • Jung, Kweon (Seoul Metropolitan Govern, Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) ;
  • Lee, Yeon-soo (Seoul Metropolitan Govern, Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
  • Published : 2004.04.01
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Abstract

In order to identify the origin and nature of the spilled oil in the potential source, we analyzed the pattern of alkyi PAM(Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons) in fuel standard and environmental samples. Alkyl PAM patterns are used for fuel-type identification in weathered environmental samples. Detection of alkyl PAH was achieved by operation CC/MS in the SIM mode. We chose ions of naphthalene(m/z 128), C1-naphthalene(m/z 142), C2-naphthalene(m/z 156), C3-naphthalene(m/z 170), C4-naphthalene(m/z 184) for the comparison of this pattern according to the type of fuel. We analyzed tile pattern of alkyl PAH in neat gasoline, kerosene, diesel, and JP-8, and in groundwater samples which were collected in monitoring wells. The distribution map of alkyl-naphthalene shows different patterns among four different fuel types (gasoline, kerosene, diesel, and JP-8). Particularly, tile distribution map of kerosene and JP-8 is found to be of value in identifying fuel type in that the difference is clear. Therefore distribution patterns of alkyl-PAH compounds provide another useful tool for fuel-type identification of petroleum fuels.

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