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The Source Identification of Spilled Oil by Pristane/Phytane Ratio

Bae, Il-Sang (Seoul Metropolitan Govern. Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Kweon Jung (Seoul Metropolitan Govern. Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Oh, Hyun-Jung (Seoul Metropolitan Govern. Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Shin, Ho-Sang (Dept. of Environmental Science, Kongiu National University)
Lee, Jae-Young (Division of Environmental Engineering University of Seoul)

Publication Information

Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.8, no.4, 2003 , pp. 64-67 More about this Journal

Abstract

In order to identify the origin and nature of the spilled oil in the potential source, we analyzed the concentrations of specific fuel constituents in fuel standard and environmental samples. The ratios of pristane/phytane are virtually unaltered because these compounds have the same bolatility in environmental samples. These were useful to identify the source of the fuel oil and to assess the effect of microbial degradation and weathering of the fuel oil. We analyzed the ratios of pristane/phytane in neat white kerosene, boiler kerosene, JP-8 and diesel products from L and S gas station. The ratios of pristane/phytane in L-white kerosene and JP-8 was 3.10 $\pm$ 0.03 and 1.77 $\pm$ 0.01, respectively. Otherwise, the ratios of pristane/phytane in water phase after distribution of fuel oil and water was 2.97 $\pm$ 0.02 in case of white kerosene and 1.65 $\pm$ 0.02 in case of JP-8. It is apparent from the results that the ratios of pristane/phytane were as product-specific, especially between kerosene and JP-8, and therefore, can also be used for fuel type identification in free products and groundwater samples which were collected in monitoring wells.

Keywords

Fuel oil; Pristane; Phytane; Kerosene; JP-8; Fuel type identification;

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