Thermo Scientific TRACE 1310 User manual

TRACE 1300 and TRACE 1310
Gas Chromatographs
Hardware Manual
PN 31715002 Revision F January 2016

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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xviii
Power Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xviii
Contacting Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xix
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xix
Safety Alerts and Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xix
Special Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xix
Safety Symbols and Signal Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
Instrument Markings and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxi
Hydrogen Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
Using Hydrogen with TRACE 1300/TRACE 1310 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxiii
Hydrogen Connection Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Purchasing Hydrogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
Properly Storing Hydrogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
Hydrogen Safety Codes, Standards and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii
Hazardous Substances Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix
Venting Toxic Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix
Liquid Nitrogen Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix
Carbon Dioxide Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxx
Chapter 1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Positioning the TRACE 1300/TRACE 1310 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing the External Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing the Injector and Detector Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installing an Injector Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installing a Detector Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Making the Gas Supply Plumbing Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Testing for Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting the Oven Cryogenic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Oven Cryo System with Carbon Dioxide Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Oven Cryo System with Liquid Nitrogen Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting the PTV/PTVBKF Cryogenic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PTV/PTVBKF Cryo System with Carbon Dioxide Connection . . . . . . . . . . 18
PTV/PTVBKF Cryo System with Liquid Nitrogen Connection . . . . . . . . . . 21
Contents

Contents
xTRACE 1300 and TRACE 1310 Hardware Manual Thermo Scientific
Coupling to a Mass Spectrometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Making the Duct to Couple with an ISQ Series, TSQ 8000 Series,
DSQ II, or ITQ Mass Spectrometer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Making the Duct to Couple with a TSQ Quantum Mass
Spectrometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Making the Duct to Couple with a DFS, IRMS, or ICP-MS Mass
Spectrometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting Handshake Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing the Autosampler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mounting an Autosampler on the GC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting the Autosampler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Connect the Autosampler to the GC System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting Autosampler Handshake Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing the Data System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Making Power Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting the LAN Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Making the LAN Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuring the Data System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Column Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the Correct Fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing the Adapters for Encapsulated Graphite Ferrules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing the Column Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing the Column the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Chapter 2 Performing Routine Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Read Me First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Maintenance Supplies and Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Cleaning Stainless Steel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Maintenance Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Powering On the TRACE 1300/TRACE 1310. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Shutting Down the TRACE 1300/TRACE 1310 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Cleaning the Instrument Externally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Replacing a Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 3 Performing Injectors Routine Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Maintaining a Split/Splitless Injector (SSL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing the SSL Septum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cleaning or Replacing the SSL Glass Liner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Replacing a SSL Broken Liner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Replacing the SSL Carrier and Split Lines Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Replacing the SSL Body Head O-Rings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89