GC Troubleshooting and User Maintenance
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GC Troubleshooting and User Maintenance Course
Introduction:
Gas Chromatography (GC) stands as the globally preferred analytical technique, with major companies relying on GCs for quality control and research purposes. Consequently, it is crucial to possess problem-solving and maintenance skills to uphold GC reliability and ensure data accuracy. This training course offers comprehensive guidance on troubleshooting and maintenance techniques, equipping participants with the necessary knowledge.
The course covers a range of topics, including identifying symptoms and errors related to GC hardware or chromatographic output. It also addresses the diagnosis of "Not Ready" / "Shutdown" messages and provides various maintenance tips and tricks. Each section presents specific problems and provides a concise list of potential causes for troubleshooting purposes. Additionally, the training course incorporates common troubleshooting tasks and checks to further enhance participants' skills.
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