GC Troubleshooting and User Maintenance
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GC Troubleshooting and User Maintenance Course
Introduction:
Gas Chromatography (GC) holds the distinction of being the most widely employed analytical technique worldwide, with major companies relying on GCs for quality control and research purposes. Consequently, it is imperative to possess problem-solving and maintenance skills pertaining to GC to ensure its reliability and maintain data quality.
This training course is designed to equip participants with the necessary knowledge and techniques to address issues related to GC hardware and chromatographic output. It includes comprehensive lists of symptoms and errors commonly encountered, along with diagnoses for "Not Ready" / "Shutdown" messages, as well as various maintenance tips and tricks. Each section of the training course presents a specific problem and offers a concise list of potential causes to aid in troubleshooting. Additionally, the course covers essential troubleshooting tasks and checks that are frequently performed.
By completing this training course, participants will gain the expertise required to effectively troubleshoot GC-related issues, optimize maintenance procedures, and ensure the smooth operation of GC systems while upholding data quality standards.
Course Objectives:
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Identify and understand a GC problem
- Develop general troubleshooting strategy
- Identify Chromatographic Symptoms and troubleshooting
- Identify Detector Symptoms and troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot of "GC Not Ready" status
Who Should Attend?
This course is suitable for Laboratory personnel and other professionals interested in GC who analyzes & dedicated to Oil & Gas operations but will greatly benefit:
- Chemist
- Analyst
- Lab. Technician
Course Outlines:
Effective Troubleshooting
- Tips for Safe Troubleshooting
- Common Troubleshooting Approaches
- Eight Problem Categories
- Troubleshooting Tools
- Problem Prevention
- Consumable spares
Chromatographic Symptoms
- Retention time Problem
- Baseline Problems
- Contamination or carryover
- Peak Shape Problems
- Resolution Problem
- Column Problems
Detector and Communications Symptoms
- Syringe Problems
- FID Problems
- TCD Problems
- FPD Problems
- Power and Communications Problems
GC "Not Ready" and "Shutdown" Symptoms
- Flow/Pressure Problems
- Temperature Problems
- Detectors Problems
- Valves Problems
- Column Shutdown
- Hydrogen Shutdown
Troubleshooting Tasks
- External Leak Check
- GC leaks
- Measure a Column Flow
- Measure a Detector Flow
- GC Self check
- When to Change Gas Purifiers