Ifp Energies Nouvelles

Anabel Aboussou

Bruno Garcia

Violaine Lamoureux-Var

Daniel Pillot

Isabelle Kowalewski

Christian März

Thomas Wagner

Brigitte Doligez

James Oliver Buckman

Christian MÄRZ

A rock sample is subjected to a heating sequence in an inert atmosphere, the effluents resulting from this heating are oxidized, the hydrocarbon-based compounds, the CO, the COand the SOreleased are measured, and a pyrolysis pyritic sulfur content is deduced therefrom. The residue resulting from the heating in an inert atmosphere is then heated in an oxidizing atmosphere and the CO and the COreleased are measured. The pyritic sulfur content is determined at least from the pyrolysis pyritic sulfur content and from a parameter which is a function of the hydrogen content and of the oxygen content of the organic matter of the sample. It is also possible to determine the organic sulfur content from the pyritic sulfur content and from a measurement of the SOduring the heating sequence in an oxidizing atmosphere.

Process for quantifying the pyritic sulfur and the organic sulfur of a rock sample

A method which distinctly characterizes and quantifies the pyritic sulfur and the organic sulfur of a sedimentary rock sample. A rock sample is subjected to a heating sequence in an inert atmosphere which produces effluents resulting which are continuously oxidized. SOis continuously measured, and a pyrolysis sulfur content and a pyrolysis pyritic sulfur content are deduced therefrom. The residue from heating in an inert atmosphere is then heated in an oxidizing atmosphere. Released SOis continuously measured and at least an oxidation sulfur content is deduced therefrom. The pyritic sulfur content is determined from pyrolysis, a weighting function, a second parameter representing the impact of the mineral matrix and a third parameter representing the impact of the organic matrix.

Method for quantifying the pyritic sulfur and the organic sulfur of a rock sample

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