Thermo Scientific ECD Upgrade Kit User manual

Thermo Scientific
ECD Upgrade Kit
Per TRACE™ GC Ultra
Installation Guide
PN 317 093 35, Revision April 2009
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ECD Upgrade Kit for TRACE™ GC - Ultra Installation Guide
April 2009 Edition
Part Number 317 093 35
© 2007-2009 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. All rights reserved.
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Printing History: First Edition, released May 1999
Second Edition, released January 2000
Third Edition, released May 2001
Fourth edition, released January 2002
Fifth Edition, released September 2003
Sixth Edition, released April 2004
Seventh Edition, released May 2007
Eighth Edition, released April 2009
Reference to System Configurations and Specifications supersede all previous information and are subject to change without notice.
Trademarks
TRACE™ GC Ultra is a trademark of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., and its subsidiaries Other brand and product names may be trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Installation Guide iii
Contents
Electron Capture Detector ................................................................................................................ 5
About This Guide....................................................................................................................... 6
Introduction................................................................................................................................ 6
Who Performs the Installation of the Kit...................................................................... 6
Detector Gases Requirements ....................................................................................... 6
Getting Started ........................................................................................................................... 7
Removing the GC Panels.................................................................................8
Installing the ECD Control Card.................................................................... 11
Mounting the ECD on the GC .......................................................................14
Reinstall the GC Panels ................................................................................. 15
Restarting the GC........................................................................................... 15
Configuration ........................................................................................................................... 16
Set ECD Parameters................................................................................................................. 17
Operating Sequences
Installing ECD Upgrade Kit .............................................................................................................. 8
Configuring Detector and Make-up Gas ...........................................................................................1
6
Parameters Setting ............................................................................................................................. 17
Figures
The TRACE GC Ultra ....................................................................................................................... 8
TRACE GC Ultra Top Cover ............................................................................................................ 9
TRACE GC Ultra Rear Panel ............................................................................................................ 10
Extension Slots Top View ................................................................................................................. 11
Detector Control Card Expansion Slots ............................................................................................ 12
Installation of the ECD ...................................................................................................................... 14

iv Installation Guide
Contents

Installation Guide 5
Electron Capture
Detector
This guide provides the instructions to install and configure the Electron Capture
Detector on your TRACE GC Ultra.
Guide at a Glance…
About This Guide ...................................................................................................6
Introduction ............................................................................................................6
Getting Started........................................................................................................7
Configuration........................................................................................................16
Set ECD Parameters .............................................................................................17
Operating Sequences
Installing ECD Upgrade Kit ...................................................................................8
Configuring Detector and Make-up Gas ..............................................................16
Parameters Setting................................................................................................17

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Electron Capture Detector About This Guide
6Installation Guide
About This Guide
It provides the instructions to install and configure the Electron Capture Detector
on your TRACE GC Ultra.
WARNING! The Electron Capture Detector (ECD) contains a 63Ni beta-emitting radioactive
source of 370 MBq.
NOTE For Conventions, Symbols, Safety Information, Wipe Test and Costumer Communications,
please refer to the TRACE GC Ultra Operating Manual.
Introduction
The upgrade kit contains all the material required to install the Electron Capture
Detector on your TRACE GC Ultra:
• ECD Assembly for TRACE
• ECD Control Card
• ECD Standard Outfit
•WipeTest
CAUTION The detector gas control module is not part of this kit.
Who Performs the Installation of the Kit
If, for any reason, the kit is not installed by Thermo Fisher Scientific technical
personnel, you must carefully adhere to the following instructions.
Detector Gases Requirements
The ECD commonly uses nitrogen or argon/methane as make-up gas.
According to the required gases, the DGFC or the Non-DGFC module may be:
• Type AA, AB, AC or AD for the control of make-up gas.

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Getting Started Electron Capture Detector
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1. Verify that the detector gas control module installed on your GC is
compatible with the ECD gas requirements.
2. The connections of the detector gases must be performed as described in the
following table:
For further details, refer to Chapters 16 and Chapter 18 of the TRACE GC Ultra
Operating Manual.
Getting Started
This paragraph contains the instruction to install the ECD on your GC.
To properly install the ECD upgrade kit, the following sequential operations must
be performed:
• Remove the top and right side panels of the GC.
• Install the detector control card into the GC electronic compartment (control
unit).
• Mount the ECD on the GC.
• Remount GC panels.
• Restart the GC.
• Configure the detector.
Before starting, the following preliminary operations must be carried out:
1. Cool the oven and detector base body to room temperature.
Installed
Module
Connect Hydrogen
to
Connect Air
to
Connect Make-up
Gas to
AA — — Gas 3
AB — — Gas 2
AC — — Gas 3
AD — — Gas 3

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2. Make sure that the detector base body is leak free.
3. Close the gas supplies.
4. Turn off the main power on the rear panel of the GC.
5. Disconnect the main power cable from the rear of the GC.
OPERATING SEQUENCE
Installing ECD Upgrade Kit
Follow this instruction to properly install the ECD Upgrade Kit.
Figure 1-1. The TRACE GC Ultra
Removing the GC Panels
This operation allows to access the GC upper parts and the electronic
compartment.

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Material needed:
• 2-mm Allen wrench
• 3-mm Allen wrench
Remove the GC Top Cover
1. Lift the detector cover off the GC top cover.
2. Open the oven door and unscrew the two top cover fastening screws.
3. Push the cover back about 1 cm and lift it up and off the GC.
Figure 1-2. TRACE GC Ultra Top Cover
Remove the GC Right Side Panel
1. Loosen and remove the screw that secures the right side panel to the right
upper rear corner of the GC by using the 3-mm Allen wrench. Refer to
Figure 1-3.
2. Slide the side panel towards the back of the GC and then tilt the top of the side
panel outwards. Continue to slide the panel towards the rear of the GC.

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3. Hold the side panel parallel to the GC, and pull the lower edge of the panel
away from the GC.
Figure 1-3. TRACE GC Ultra Rear Panel
1. Right Panel Securing Screw
1

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Installing the ECD Control Card
The ECD control card must be installed into the proper expansion slot marked A,
B or C located on the left part of the GC mother board in the electronic
compartment. Refer to Figures 1-4 and 1-5.
NOTE In the case all the expansion slots are occupied, it is necessary to remove one of the three
detector control card currently installed and replace it with the ECD control card.
Material needed:
• 3-mm Allen wrench
Figure 1-4. Extension Slots Top View
1. Loosen the fixing screw of the slot cover plate that corresponds to the selected
A, B or C expansion slot on the mother board.
1. Slot cover plate 2. Cover plates fixing screw
3. Free slot A B C. Extension slot position
1
3
2
C
B
A

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Figure 1-5. Detector Control Card Expansion Slots
2. Verify that the jumper marked Jx, adjacent to the defined detector control card
connector on the mother board, is positioned between the pins 1 and 2. Refer
to the following table.
1. Detector control card expansion
Slots
2. Additional heat control jumpers
3. Mother board
Expansion slot Corresponding Jumper
AJ8
BJ7
CJ6
1
2
3

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WARNING! The jumper marked “Jx” must be positioned between the pins 1 and 2.
3. Guide through the slot mentioned at point 1 the signal and excitation cables
coming from the top of the card.
4. Plug the detector control card into theselected expansion slot on the mother
board.
5. Fix the control card by using the same screw previously removed at point 1.
6. Connect the temperature sensor/heater cable to the connector located on the
top of the detector control card.
Jumper Positioning
Pins 1-2 = additional heat control enabled
Pins 2-3 = additional heat control not enabled

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Mounting the ECD on the GC
This operation allows the correct installation of the ECD on your TRACE GC
Ultra. Refer to Figure 1-6.
Material needed
• ECD Fixing Tool
Figure 1-6. Installation of the ECD
1. Install the ECD on the detector base body interposing the lower seal. Secure
the detector by using the ECD fixing tool
1. ECD 2. Detector Base Body
3. Lower Seal 4. Signal connector
5. Excitation Connector 6. Temperature sensor/heater Connector
7. ECD Fixing Tool
6
5
4
1
2
3
7

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2. Carefully, connect the signal, excitation and temperature sensor/heater
extension cables coming from the detector control card, to the detector cell.
Reinstall the GC Panels
This operation allows to reinstall the GC panels
Material needed:
• 3-mm Allen wrench
1. Reinstall all the GC panels proceeding in the reverse order of their removal
(refer to Removing the GC Panels on page 8).
Restarting the GC
1. Verify that the connections of the detector gases has been correctly
performed.
2. Open the gas supplies.
3. Reconnect the main power.
4. Turn on main power.

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Configuration
This paragraph contains the instructions to configure your GC to operate with
ECD.
You configure the detector and make-up gas in the CONFIGURE menu. Refer to
Chapter 16 of the TRACE GC Ultra Operating manual.
OPERATING SEQUENCE
Configuring Detector and Make-up Gas
1. Press CONFIG then scroll to Left detector or Right detector
depending on the location of the detector to configure. Press ENTER to open
the detector gas menu.
1 This line appears only if the DGFC module is present. Refer to note.
2. Select Detector type. This line indicates the type of detector mounted and
the slot (A, B or C) of the relevant control board. Press ENTER to display the
submenu.
3. To change detector type, scroll to the desired detector and press ENTER to
confirm the selection. An asterisk appears beside the detector selected.
4. When the DGFC Module is present scroll to Makeup gas and press ENTER.
The gases applicable to the detector in use are displayed in the submenu. An
asterisk appears beside the currently active make-up gas is also displayed in
parentheses in the title bar.
5. To change the make-up gas, scroll to the desired gas and press ENTER to
confirm the selection. An asterisk appears beside the make-up gas selected.
LEFT DETECTOR
Detector type <
Makeup gas1

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Set ECD Parameters
To set ECD parameters, it is necessary to open the ECD menu and the ECD Signal
menu.
•The
DETECTOR (ECD) menu contains the detector control parameters.
To set parameters, refer to the Chapter 18 of the TRACE GC Ultra Operating
Manual.
•The
DETECTOR SIGNAL menu contains the parameters that control the
detector signal. To set parameters, refer to the Chapter 16 of the TRACE GC
Ultra Operating Manual.
NOTE To verify the correct installation of the detector on your GC, perform the ECD Checkout as
described in Section III of the TRACE GC Ultra Standard Operating Procedures manual
PN 31709200.
OPERATING SEQUENCE
Parameters Setting
1. To open ECD menu, press LEFT DETECTOR or RIGHT DETECTOR depending
on the location of the detector. The following menu is displayed:
1. These settings could also be for a right detector.
2. If you have a non-DGFC module, the actual value are not displayed, and you can only turn
the flows on and off.
LEFT DETECTOR (ECD)1
Base temp 250 250
ECD Temp 300 300
Ref current nA 1.0
Freq kHz (2.20)
Pulse amp V 50
Pulse width us 1.0
Mkup (N2)2 30 30<

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2. To open ECD Signal menu, press LEFT SIGNAL or RIGHT SIGNAL according
to the location of the detector. The following menu is displayed:
1. These settings could also be for a right signal
LEFT SIGNAL (ECD)1
Output (1000)
Offset 100
Auto zero? Y/N <
Baseline Comp Off