A liquid phase microextraction (LPME) method was developed for the determination of sulfur compounds in crude oils and its fractions (e.g diesel). Wide ranges of sulfur compounds including benzothiophene, dibenzothiophene and their derivatives were used as model compounds for extraction. After extraction, the analyses were performed by gas chromatography equipped with sulfur chemiluminescence detector (GC-SCD). Various experiments conditions influencing the extraction such as extraction times, extraction solvents, solvent volume and quantitative parameters were optimized to achieve higher extraction efficiency and high accuracy. The optimized conditions were applied to the determination of sulfur compounds in crude oil and diesel.

A component analysis system includes a gas chromatograph having a separation column, and a component detector, the component detector including an oxidation-reduction furnace that has a first flow path through which a gas including a sample component separated by the separation column flows, and oxidizes and reduces the sample component in the gas flowing through the first flow path, a reaction cell that has an inlet for the gas including the reduced sample component and generates a chemical reaction accompanied by emission of light with respect to the sample component introduced from the inlet, a photodetector that detects light generated in the reaction cell, and a holding member that holds the oxidation-reduction furnace and the reaction cell, and a downstream end of the first flow path and the inlet of the reaction cell are directly connected or connected via a second flow path.

A sulfur chemiluminescence detector includes a heating furnace 210 that includes a gas passage 211 which is a passage extending to left and right, in which an end portion on an outlet side of a column 140 of a gas chromatogram is inserted into an end portion on an inlet side, and a heating means 215 for heating the gas passage, a reaction cell 231 configured to cause gas that has passed through the gas passage to react with ozone, a photodetector 233 configured to detect light emitted from the reaction cell, a housing 240 that houses the heating furnace, the reaction cell, and the photodetector, and an interface 250 that is attached to penetrate a wall of the housing and provided with a column passage 251 through which the column 140 is inserted and a heating means 252 for heating the column passage 251. In the sulfur chemiluminescence detector, the housing is configured to be able to hold the heating furnace in either a state in which the end portion on the inlet side of the gas passage is directed to right or a state in which the end portion on the inlet side is directed to left, and is configured to allow the interface to be attached to either a right wall 242 or a left wall 243. In this manner, the sulfur chemiluminescence detector can be applied to GC systems having various configurations.

An exhaust gas analysis device analyzes exhaust gas generated when fuel is combusted. This exhaust gas analysis device includes a first analyzer that measures a concentration of a component to be measured in the exhaust gas, a second analyzer that measures a concentration of CO.sub.2 in the exhaust gas, a storage portion that stores a hydrogen/carbon ratio, which is a ratio between hydrogen and carbon composing the fuel, or an input receiving portion that receives an input of the hydrogen/carbon ratio, a moisture concentration estimating portion that, based on the measured CO.sub.2 concentration and on the hydrogen/carbon ratio of the fuel, estimates a concentration of moisture in the exhaust gas, and a correcting portion that, based on the estimated moisture concentration, corrects the measured concentration of the component to be measured.

In a sulfur chemiluminescence detector (SCD) including a heating furnace 210 including a combustion tube 211 and a heating means 215 for heating the combustion tube 211, an inert-gas introduction tube 214 that has the front end inserted into an end portion on an inlet side of the combustion tube 211 and has the rear end into which an end portion on the outlet side of a column 140 of a gas chromatograph is inserted, and inert-gas supplying means 264, 221, and 251 for supplying inert gas into the inert-gas introduction tube 214 in a manner that the inert gas flows from the rear end to the front end are provided. The inert gas (for example, nitrogen) flowing through the inert-gas introduction tube 214 can prevent the end portion on the outlet side of the column 140 from being exposed to oxygen. In this manner, generation of column bleeding caused by a decomposition product of the liquid phase can be suppressed, so that a decrease in the sensitivity of the SCD can be suppressed.