RMG PGC 9300 User manual

Process Gas Chromatograph PGC 9300
MAINTENANCE LOGBOOK
Reliable Measurement of Gas
Status: 2018, JUNE 26TH
Version: 07

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PGC9300 Maintenance Logbook · EN07 · 2018, June 26th
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Original Document
The logbook PGC9300_maintenance_manual_en_07
from 2018, June 26th for the gas chromatograph
PGC9300 is the document translated first from the
German original version. Anyhow, this document may
serve as reference for translations into other languages.
Please use in case of any uncertainties the German
version as main reference.
Note
Unfortunately, paper is not updated automatically,
whereas technical development continuously advances.
Therefore, we reserve the right to make technical
changes in regard to the representations and
specifications of these operating instructions. The latest
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Date created
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4th revision date
January 2016
5th revision date
March 2018
6th revision date
2018, June 26th
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2018, June 26th
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Your PGC9300
PGC9300 Maintenance Logbook · EN07 · 2018, June 26th
PGC 930 Maintenace Logbook
PGC manufacturer number
PGC year of manufacture
Meter serial number
GC 9300 manufacturer number
GC 9300 year of manufacture
GC 9300 software version
Approved for
Calorific value 
Gas quality 
Operator
Station
Commissioning
Type / carrier
gas
Column temperature
[°C]
Column pressure
[kPa]
Flushing time
[s]
Column A
Column B
Column C
Date
Signature

Contents
PGC9300 Maintenance Logbook · EN07 · 2018, June 26th
Inhalt
1. Instructions for Keeping the Maintenance Logbook .................................. 1
1.1. Inspection.................................................................................................... 1
1.1.1. Operating parameters on the GC 9300.................................................. 1
1.1.2. Cylinder pressures.................................................................................. 2
1.2. Maintenance by service technicians......................................................... 2
2. Manufacturer's requirements........................................................................ 3
2.1. Annual maintenance of the process gas chromatograph....................... 3
2.2. Metrological check / (re)calibration .......................................................... 3
Table Section 1..................................................................................................... 4
Cylinder pressures............................................................................................... 4
Table section 2 ..................................................................................................... 8
Maintenance measures, general......................................................................... 8
Table section 3 ................................................................................................... 19
Annual routine maintenance............................................................................. 19
Table section 4 ................................................................................................... 30
Test gas analyses............................................................................................... 30

1. Instructions for Keeping the Maintenance Logbook
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1. Instructions for Keeping the Maintenance
Logbook
The maintenance logbook is part of the design approval and is used to monitor the
operation of the device. It is therefore mandatory that this maintenance logbook
should be kept. When a service callout is required, the original maintenance
logbook, or a copy, should be sent to the manufacturer.
The information on the first page and the relevant data in the table are entered by
the testing laboratory before the device is delivered. This documents the condition
of the device on delivery.
The device is to be inspected by the operator every 8 weeks until the first annual
routine maintenance check/recalibration (inspections). After the first annual
routine maintenance check/recalibration, it is sufficient for the operator to
perform an inspection every six months. The values listed in Table Section 1 of
this maintenance logbook must be documented during every inspection. Routine
maintenance should be performed once a year by qualified personnel according to
the manufacturer's instructions and should be documented in Table Section 3 in
the maintenance logbook. The data described in Table Section 4 of this logbook
should also be completed for each recalibration and similar check.
1.1. Inspection
1.1.1. Operating parameters on the GC 9300
The setpoints for the operating parameters are entered on the first page of this
book by the test laboratory during commissioning and shall remain unchanged
during operation, unless altered by an RMG service technician.
The actual values of the operating parameters can be checked at any time on the
GC 9300 analyser under the Status->Meter tab or using RMGViewGC. Because
these values are constantly monitored by the controller and because divergences
are officially recorded as “faults”, these parameters do not have to be documented
in the maintenance logbook. It is therefore necessary to check whether active or
inactive faults or warnings are displayed on the GC 9300 at every visit to the
station.

1. Instructions for Keeping the Maintenance Logbook
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1.1.2. Cylinder pressures
The pressure in the gas cylinders is checked directly at the high-pressure gauges
of the relevant pressure reducing unit at regular intervals, in other words at every
maintenance check, and the information is then documented in the relevant table
in Table Section 1 of this logbook. If a cylinder has been changed or switched, this
should also be documented in the relevant column. If the PGC is found to be
malfunctioning, this fact should also be recorded.
The pressures should be checked for:
•Carrier gas 1
•Carrier gas 2 (if applicable)
•Internal calibration gas
1.2. Maintenance by service technicians
This section records all changes and measures carried out by service technicians.
This encompasses routine maintenance tasks, software updates and service
activities in the event of a malfunction. In the event of a malfunction, the operator
or service technician should enter a brief description of the problem in the
appropriate place.
It should be noted that this maintenance logbook is linked to a meter. In the event
of a serious malfunction that requires the meter to be replaced, a new
maintenance logbook must be started. This will be supplied with the new meter.
The old maintenance logbook, either a copy or the original, should be sent
to the manufacturer for analysis.

2. Manufacturer's requirements
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2. Manufacturer's requirements
2.1. Annual maintenance of the process gas
chromatograph
The annual inspection of the PGC 930x must be carried out on the basis of the
checklist (Table Section 4) by persons who have received appropriate training
from RMG to provide such maintenance.
2.2. Metrological check / (re)calibration
Once the maintenance activities described in Section 2 are complete, the device
will subsequently undergo routine recalibration. A representative of the responsible
calibration authorities must be on hand for this purpose. The design approval and
the relevant guidelines and standards it contains are key to the technical
calibration of the system.
Recalibration entails:
•Checking the area around the existing power outputs
•Basic calibration of the PGC with internal calibration gas
•Verification with external calibration gasses with chromatogram
•Verification of power transmission and/or bus transmission of mandatory
calibration values
•Protokollierung aller durchgeführten Arbeiten, Eintragungen im Wartungsbuch
Following the verification of the official parameters to be set in the GC 9300 (tab: Detail),
metrological check begins with the opening of the calibration lock and the implementation
of a basic calibration (select tab: Detail->01-GC 9300->Mode->Basic Calibration).
Following basic calibration, the new response factors (tab: Detail->09 Calibration
Results->RFZ) and retention times (tab: Detail->09 Calibration Results->RTZ) are noted
down in Table Section 4. If the device is calibrated using the “new mathematics”, the
GLKs (tab: Detail->11 Component Parameters/ [component]->GLK) are to be noted down
instead of the RFZs. In addition, the chromatograms for the calibration gas are compared
with the sample chromatograms shown in the design approval. The chromatograms can
be analysed using the RMGViewGC software or on the basis of the chromatogram
displays in GC 9300 (tab: Graph->Chroms).
The metrological check of the device takes place subsequently. The test gases defined in
the design approval are analysed in succession. At least three analyses are required for
each gas. The result of the third analysis is to be used for the verification. The results of
these analyses are to be found in the GC 9300 (tab: Archives) and should be fully
recorded in the table provided for this purpose. The key parameters for the official
verification (according to the design approval) are indicated in the table. The setpoints can
be found in the certificates for the test gasses used and should also be noted. It is
recommended that the chromatograms of the test gasses should be checked.

Table section 1
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Table Section 1
Cylinder pressures
To be performed at:
•Every inspection
•Every maintenance
Entries made by:
•Operator
•RMG Service

Table section 1 / cylinder pressures
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: Cylinder changed
: Device faulty
Carriergas I
Int. calibration gas
Carrier gas II
Date
Initials
Pressure / bar

Pressure / bar

Pressure / bar


Table section 1 / cylinder pressures
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: Cylinder changed
: Device faulty
Carriergas I
Int. calibration gas
Carrier gas II
Date
Initials
Pressure / bar

Pressure / bar

Pressure / bar


Table section 1 / cylinder pressures
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: Cylinder changed
: Device faulty
Carriergas I
Int. calibration gas
Carrier gas II
Date
Initials
Pressure / bar

Pressure / bar

Pressure / bar


Table section 2
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Table section 2
Maintenance measures, general
To be performed at:
•Annual routine maintenance
•Software update
•Metrological check
•(Re)calibration
•Repair
Entries made by:
•Trained personnel
•RMG Service

Table section 2 / maintenance measures, general
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Maintenance measure
Performed by
Performed on
Measures performed
Routine maintenance
Table 3
Software update
Metrological check
Table 4
(Re)calibration
Table 4
Defect
See below
Description of problem
Measure
Description of problem
Measure
Signature

Table section 2 / maintenance measures, general
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Maintenance measure
Performed by
Performed on
Measures performed
Routine maintenance
Table 3
Software update
Metrological check
Table 4
(Re)calibration
Table 4
Defect
See below
Description of problem
Measure
Description of problem
Measure
Signature

Table section 2 / maintenance measures, general
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Maintenance measure
Performed by
Performed on
Measures performed
Routine maintenance
Table 3
Software update
Metrological check
Table 4
(Re)calibration
Table 4
Defect
See below
Description of problem
Measure
Description of problem
Measure
Signature

Table section 2 / maintenance measures, general
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Maintenance measure
Performed by
Performed on
Measures performed
Routine maintenance
Table 3
Software update
Metrological check
Table 4
(Re)calibration
Table 4
Defect
See below
Description of problem
Measure
Description of problem
Measure
Signature

Table section 2 / maintenance measures, general
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Maintenance measure
Performed by
Performed on
Measures performed
Routine maintenance
Table 3
Software update
Metrological check
Table 4
(Re)calibration
Table 4
Defect
See below
Description of problem
Measure
Description of problem
Measure
Signature

Table section 2 / maintenance measures, general
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Maintenance measure
Performed by
Performed on
Measures performed
Routine maintenance
Table 3
Software update
Metrological check
Table 4
(Re)calibration
Table 4
Defect
See below
Description of problem
Measure
Description of problem
Measure
Signature

Table section 2 / maintenance measures, general
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Maintenance measure
Performed by
Performed on
Measures performed
Routine maintenance
Table 3
Software update
Metrological check
Table 4
(Re)calibration
Table 4
Defect
See below
Description of problem
Measure
Description of problem
Measure
Signature

Table section 2 / maintenance measures, general
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Maintenance measure
Performed by
Performed on
Measures performed
Routine maintenance
Table 3
Software update
Metrological check
Table 4
(Re)calibration
Table 4
Defect
See below
Description of problem
Measure
Description of problem
Measure
Signature