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GC-MS ABE Calculator

Almeida de Campos, Leonardo ORCID iD icon 1; Sheppard, Thomas L. ORCID iD icon 1; Grunwaldt, Jan-Dierk ORCID iD icon 1
1 Institut für Technische Chemie und Polymerchemie (ITCP), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract (englisch):

This dataset contains a Python-based graphical user interface (GUI) workflow for the evaluation of GC–MS data obtained from catalytic upgrading of acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) mixtures.

The tool processes classified peak tables exported as .csv files and calculates product selectivity based on user-defined filtering criteria. Only compounds labeled as KEEP are considered, while reactants are excluded from the selectivity basis. In addition, the workflow enables the calculation of reactant conversion using either a baseline (0 h) dataset or manually defined initial area percentages.

The software provides multiple levels of analysis, including family-based selectivity, carbon number distributions, carbon binning (C2–C6 and C7–C15), and selected product tracking. Results are visualized through an interactive PyQt6-based interface and exported as structured .csv files.

Input data must follow a tabulated GC–MS format with columns such as retention time, compound name, molecular formula, area percentage, classification, and chemical family.

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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Technische Chemie und Polymerchemie (ITCP)
Publikationstyp Forschungsdaten
Publikationsdatum 14.04.2026
Erstellungsdatum 01.12.2025 - 08.04.2026
Identifikator DOI: 10.35097/m137bhkrvh8ufk5q
KITopen-ID: 1000192033
Lizenz Creative Commons Namensnennung – Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International
Schlagwörter GC-MS, ABE, Catalysis, Data analysis, PyQt6, matplotlib
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The workflow is implemented as a standalone Python application using PyQt6 for the graphical interface.

The tool requires a single input file in .csv format containing classified GC–MS peak data. Optionally, a baseline dataset (0 h) can be provided to compute reactant conversion. Alternatively, initial reactant area percentages (A0) can be manually defined within the interface.

Data are loaded from local directories, and an output folder is automatically generated to store processed results, including selectivity tables, carbon distributions, and conversion data.

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