Agilent Technologies G3180B - Manual (Page 3)

Installation and Operation Guide 3
In this Guide. . .
This Installation and Operation Guide contains information for installing and
using an effluent splitter on an Agilent 6890 gas chromatograph (GC). The
G3180 splitter is intended for use with capillary columns and uses makeup gas
to maintain adequate flows throughout the system.
1 Introduction
This chapter describes how the splitter works, the GC and software
requirements of the system and the contents of the installation kit.
2 Hardware Installation
See this chapter for a detailed procedure for installing the splitter hardware
and connecting the makeup gas supply.
3 Splitter Configurations
The split ratio (how the column effluent divides between the two detectors) is
governed by two restrictors, which are lengths of deactivated fused silica
tubing. This chapter presents a set of precalculated “typical” configurations. If
desired, you can create a custom configuration to meet specific needs. The
chapter describes a set of software tools, included in the kit, to assist you in
designing such configurations. Finally, installation of the column and
restrictors is covered.
4 Operation
This chapter contains a worked-out custom configuration, plus a few special
topics.