Analytical Services

Fully equipped with state-of-art facilities and expertise, the Institute provides analytical support to industry. Following is an indicative list of the Analytical Services available at CSIR-IIP-

Assay of Crude Oil :-

Short and detailed assay of crude oil.
Vision of CSIR-IIP is to develop innovative technologies and petroleum products and provide science based technical support to the industry (R&D Services). The vision also includes knowledge management and enhanced performance.

The Crude Oil Evaluation is one of areas of core competence of Institute. This lab is continuously providing R & D services to the oil industry in public as well as private sector (Exploration & Production, Refining, Petrochemicals, Automotive and user industry). The crude evaluations are of immense use to them in pricing / marketing of crude oils, transportation and absorption of new crude oils in operating refineries and the detailed data is used in design of new refinery as well as in expansion and modification projects. The crude / product blending strategies are also based on the data provided in crude assays.

A crude oil assay is essentially the evaluation of crude oil feedstock’s. The crude oil has unique molecular and chemical characteristics and differs in quality. Therefore, crude oil assay provides extensive detailed hydrocarbon analysis data to the refiners, oil traders and producers. These data helps the refiners to design the grass root refinery, to study the change in the quality of the crude’s over a period of time, to optimize the production pattern, selection and designing of secondary conversion units. Assay data help the refineries to determine the compatibility of crude oil feedstock for a particular petroleum refinery or concern about yield, quality, production, environmental and other problems.

Several value addition feasibility studies have also been done to help the industry in enhancement of their profit margins. Consequently the laboratory has played an important role in bringing up this area as one of the best in the country and established credibility in the industry as well as in Govt and automotive sectors.

Value Addition/Evaluation of Hydrocarbon solvents, Naphtha, NGL & condensates :-

Detailed evaluation of Natural Gas Liquids NGLs and refinery products such as naphtha for their processing and value addition are provided to the industry. Field problems related to the quality of the products are also investigated. Feasibility studies for value addition of naphtha, NGL and refinery products for their processing and enhancement of profit margins. Detailed compositional studies on naphtha and SBP solvents to assess their potential for pure chemicals and compare them with gasoline. Studies help to solve the problem related to quality of the products.

Services to the Government organization

• Expertise of crude oil evaluation is being utilised to provide technical assistance to BIS to finalize the automated test methods and formulation of Bharat stage standards for fuels.
   

• Feasibility of value addition/evaluation of hydrocarbon solvents, naphtha for Petro-chemical Industries, Central Excise, GAIL & NTPC.

Services to automotive sectors

• Studies on problem related to fuel quality, market surveys on fuel & to check the quality of the finished refinery products.
   

• Field problems such as excessive deposits in gasoline engines, stuck valves and fuel pump failures correlation with fuel composition, characteristics and the nature of the deposits. Market surveys for the fuel quality in Indian Market (samples collected from metro/ major cities and highways) for foreign companies bringing new generation vehicles in India. The data used for fine-tuning of the engines for the Indian market.

R&D and Industries
Analytical inputs are also being provided to almost all the petroleum & oil industries and other related research projects. This includes

• Performance evaluation of additives on fuels

• Characterization of alternative fuels and lubricants such as bio-diesel, bio-lubricants and alcohol – hydrocarbon blends, bio-desulphurization, hydro-desulphurization, and adsorption desulphurization.

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