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INFICON DataFID Portable Flame Ionization Detector for Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) User Manual

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Table of Contents

For Your Safety ............................................................................................................. 7

Notices and Warnings ................................................................................................... 8

FCC Warning ............................................................................................................................ 8

DataFID Intrinsic Safety Notice .............................................................................................. 8

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ....................................................................................... 11

1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 13

About this Manual ................................................................................................................. 13

UNPACKING THE DataFID .................................................................................................... 14

WARNINGS AND SAFETY PRACTICES ............................................................................... 14

Excessive Heat and Cold .................................................................................................................... 14

Flame Ionization Detector Operation ................................................................................... 15

Detector Response ............................................................................................................................. 16

Support Equipment and Consumables ............................................................................... 17

Compressed Gases ............................................................................................................................ 17

Regulators for Compressed Gases ..................................................................................................... 17

Hydrogen Gas ..................................................................................................................................... 18

Calibration Gas ................................................................................................................................... 18

Oxygen Concentration Limits .............................................................................................................. 18

Flammable Gases ............................................................................................................................... 19

ACCESSORIES ...................................................................................................................... 19

Computer ............................................................................................................................................. 19

Gas Sampling Bag .............................................................................................................................. 19

Charcoal Filters ................................................................................................................................... 19

2. USING THE DataFID ................................................................................................ 21

DataFID Feature Layout ........................................................................................................ 21

LDAR Probe and PDA ......................................................................................................................... 22

Filling the Hydrogen Fuel Cylinder ...................................................................................... 26

Installing the Hydrogen Fuel Cylinder in the DataFID ......................................................................... 33

Attaching the LDARProbe to the DataFID ........................................................................... 34

Basic Operating Instructions ............................................................................................... 34

Calibration .............................................................................................................................. 35

Data Communication ............................................................................................................ 35

Method 21 Operation ............................................................................................................. 35

Response Factors for Gases and Vapors ........................................................................... 36

To use the response factors:............................................................................................................... 36

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