ABSTRACT
This review provides a critical insight into the selection of chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques for semi-quantitative and quantitative detection of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil and sediment matrices. Advantages and limitations of both field screening and laboratory-based techniques are discussed and recent advances in chemometrics to extract maximum information from a sample by using the optimal pre-processing and data mining techniques are presented. An integrated analytical framework based on spectroscopic techniques integration and data fusion for the rapid measurement and detection of on-site petroleum hydrocarbons is proposed. Furthermore, factors influencing petroleum hydrocarbons analysis in contaminated samples are discussed and recommendations on how to reduce their influence provided.
Nomenclature
ANN | = | Artificial neural network |
ASTM | = | American Society of Testing and Materials |
BRT | = | Boosted regression tree |
BTEX | = | Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene |
CWA | = | Chemical warfare agent |
DCM | = | Dichloromethane |
DRS | = | Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy |
ED-XRF | = | Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence |
EPA | = | Environment protection agency |
FGC | = | Field gas chromatography |
FID | = | Flame ionization detector |
GC | = | Gas chromatography |
GC × GC | = | Two-dimensional gas chromatography |
H | = | High |
IRS | = | Infrared spectroscopy |
L | = | Low |
LC | = | Liquid chromatography |
LMW | = | Low molecular weight |
LOD | = | Limit of detection |
M | = | Medium |
MC | = | Moisture content |
MLR | = | Multiple linear regression |
MPLC | = | Medium pressure liquid chromatography |
MIRS | = | Mid-infrared spectroscopy |
MMW | = | Medium molecular weight |
MS | = | Mass spectrometry |
MTBE | = | Methyl tertiary butyl ether |
OCLC | = | Open-column liquid chromatography |
OLR | = | Ordinal logistic regression |
PLSR | = | Partial least squares regression |
PAH | = | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
PGC | = | Portable gas chromatography |
PHC | = | Petroleum hydrocarbon |
PHLC | = | High performance liquid chromatography |
PSR | = | Penalized spline regression |
QTOF | = | Quadrupole time-of-flight |
R2 | = | Coefficient of determination |
RFR | = | Random forest regression |
RI | = | Retention index |
RMSE | = | Root mean square error |
RMSEP | = | Root mean square error of prediction |
RPD | = | Residual prediction deviation |
RS | = | Raman spectroscopy |
SimDis | = | Simulated distillation |
SFC | = | Supercritical fluid chromatography |
SOM | = | Soil organic matter |
SUSE-GC | = | Sequential ultrasonic solvent extraction gas chromatography |
SVM | = | Support vector machine |
TAME | = | Tert-amyl methyl ether |
TC | = | Total carbon |
TGC | = | Transportable gas chromatography |
TPH | = | Total petroleum hydrocarbon |
TIC | = | Toxic industrial chemicals |
TN | = | Total nitrogen |
TOF | = | Total time-of-flight |
TTEC | = | Total toxicity equivalent concentration |
TLC | = | Thin layer chromatography |
UE | = | European Union |
Vis-NIR | = | Visible and near infrared spectroscopy |
VOC | = | Volatile organic compound |
WD-XRF | = | Wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence |
XRFS | = | X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy |
Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) of Nigeria Grant ID: PTDF/OSS/PHD/711/14, whose financial assistance in the form of doctoral studentship has led to this publication.