Workshop on Alternative Test Methods Using Multivariate Spectroscopy for Lab and Online Systems

(In-person only event)

Date: June 17, 2024

Event Location: JW Marriott Austin, Austin, Texas, USA

Organized by: ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants

About the Event

The Workshop on Alternative Test Methods Using Multivariate Spectroscopy for Lab and Online Systems will be held June 17, 2024. The workshop is organized by ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants, and will be held at the JW Marriott Austin, Austin, Texas, USA in conjunction with the standards development meetings of the committee. The language of the workshop will be English.

Objective and Scope

This workshop will build upon a 2023 seminar presentation reviewing the highlights of Subcommittee D02.25, key standards maintained by the group, as well as how and where they have influence on refinery streams and the monitoring of the final product quality.

In 1980, octane engine expert, John Jones, founded SC25 to assist the industry with needed standards for multivariate spectroscopic analysis that cover laboratory, at-line, and on-line analyzers. Over the next 45 years, the work of SC25 laid the groundwork for a need to have additional statistical analysis and quality standards, supporting the creation of ASTM Coordinating Subcommittee D02.94 (CS94) on Quality Assurance and Statistics. Presently, SC25 manages eleven standards supporting control on the use of spectroscopic analysis and standards related to online system process, such as sample lag, validation, and control charting which completes the start to end of the circuit for many product streams.

This workshop will educate producers and solution developers about building and validating an alternative test method using multivariate spectroscopy with current ASTM documents developed by ASTM Committee on Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants, Subcommittees D02.25 on Performance Assessment and Validation of Process Stream Analyzer Systems and D02.94 on Quality Assurance and Statistics. This includes development of multivariate models, determination of outliers, local and general validation, criteria for conformance with D8340 Practice for Performance-Based Qualification of Spectroscopic Analyzer Systems and its development within product specification. Some general examples will be shown and worked through during the workshop.

Abstract Submission

To participate in the symposium, authors must submit a 250 to 300-word preliminary abstract using the online Abstract Submission Portal no later than DATE. To ensure your abstract was received into the ASTM database, please email symposia@astm.org and let us know that you have submitted an abstract.

The abstract must include a clear definition of the objective and approach of the work discussed, pointing out material that is new, and present sufficient details regarding results. The presentation and manuscript must not be of a commercial nature, nor can it have been previously published. Because a limited number of abstracts will be accepted, be sure that your abstract submission is complete to allow for careful assessment of the paper's suitability for this symposium. The symposium chair(s) will notify you via email by DATE of your paper’s acceptability for presentation at the symposium. If the preliminary abstract is accepted, the author will be requested to submit a final abstract a few months before the symposium. The final abstracts will be distributed in a program booklet at the symposium.

Publication Information

Symposium authors are required to submit their papers for ASTM publication in Selected Technical Papers (STP), an online and printed, peer-reviewed publication for the international scientific and engineering community. STP papers should be full-length technical papers of approximately 10,000 words, significantly contribute to the technical literature, and must include a review of past work in the relevant area and present information of current interest or probe new fields. After the final selection of abstracts has been approved, the ASTM Editorial Office will send authors’ instructions via email, but also can be found by clicking here.

Manuscripts to be peer reviewed for the STP are due online no later than DATE at the ASTM Editorial Office. The corresponding author (the author who is the main contact with ASTM Headquarters) will receive a copy of his/her paper in portable document format (PDF). All published authors will have the opportunity to purchase reprints of their papers at a nominal cost. Only those papers submitted by the manuscript due date will be included in the STP. Please note that all submitted papers are subject to peer review by two independent reviewers.

The STP will be submitted to the Library of Congress with an ISBN number and will be reviewed for inclusion in the Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) and Google Scholar.

Technical Program

1:00 pm Introduction and History: Bryan Bowie

1:15 pm How documents from SC25/94 work together and fit into blending operations: Alex Lau

1:30 pm Review of All D02.25 Standards (Name them and give brief description): D02.25

1:50 pm Leadership panel group D8321 – building models (D02 version of E1655): Bryan Bowie

2:45 pm BREAK

3:15 pm D6122 – Validation: Bryan Bowie

4:00 pm D8340 – Qualification: Roger Bledsoe

5:00 pm Recap and Q&A

Registration

Registration opens approximately 10 weeks before the start of the workshop.

Registration

Registration is now open. The fees to attend this event are listed below.

	Through May 17, 2024	After May 17, 2024
ASTM Member	Waived	Waived
Non-member	$115.00	$165.00
Presenter	Waived	Waived
Student	Waived	Waived

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ASTM International Membership

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Technical Chair Contact Information

Bryan Bowie
Exxon Mobil EMRE
Email: bryan.t.bowie@exxonmobil.com
Phone: +1 848-214-3422

Roger Bledsoe
Marathon Petroleum Company
Email: rrbledsoe@marathonpetroleum.com
Phone: +1 606-921-6379

Continuing Education Units

Workshop attendees interested in receiving 0.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) must complete the CEU application form in the back of the program booklet and email it to ASTM Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org. You must be registered and have attended the entire event in order to receive the CEU’s. A certificate will be sent to you via email approximately 1 to 2 weeks after the workshop concludes.

Hotel Information

All meetings will be held at JW Marriott Austin Hotel, 110 E 2nd St, Austin,TX 78701.

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