NMHCs_GC_online_650N8102405_PAS
FI01L_Perkin_Elmer_GC_FID_SAM
operational
🔬 gas chromatograph, online
🏭 PerkinElmer
📦 PerkinElmer Clarus 500
S/N 650N8102405
📌 http://hdl.handle.net/21.11157/bkv6b-bn959
▶ Description
Gas chromatograph operated at the observatory platform Pallas Atmosphere-Ecosystem Supersite to perform online in-situ measurements of non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs).
▶ 🔧 Inlet System from 2012-01-02
| Operated in atmospheric simulation chamber | ✗ |
| Measurement height above ground | 7.0 m |
| Measurement height above building | 4.0 m |
| Distance from NOx inlet | 0.0 m |
| Distance from condensables inlet | 0.0 m |
| Distance from ozone inlet | 0.0 m |
| Inlet tube material | Stainless steel (OD/ID 60/56 mm, length 20 m), flow 2280-2940 L/min + Heated silcosteel (OD 1/4, ID 1/8 inch, length 3.7 m), flow 0.6 L/min + Silcosteel (OD 1/8, ID 1/16 inch, length 0.5 m), flow 0.020 L/min |
| Residence time | 2.0 s |
| Inlet line heating | ✓ |
| Inlet line temperature | 30.0 °C |
| Filter inlet material | None |
▶ 💨 Sample from 2012-01-02
| Sample air flow | Vacuum sampling |
| Pump | |
| Kind of pump | Membrane |
| Pump manufacturer | KNF |
| Pump model | KNF N86 laboport |
| Air flow | 20.0 mL/min |
▶ 🧬 Compounds from 2012-01-01
| # | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | ethane |
| 2 | propane |
| 3 | 2-methyl-propane |
| 4 | n-butane |
| 5 | ethyne |
| 6 | 2-methylbutane |
| 7 | n-pentane |
| 8 | isoprene |
| 9 | benzene |
▶ 🧪 Air Treatment during sampling from 2012-01-01
| Water removal | Nafion |
| CO₂ removal | None |
| Oxidant removal | None |
| Particle removal | Larger particles are following the flowing the flow in the main inlet line of the station |
| Other removal(s) during sampling | Silco steel net inside the thermal desorption instrument |
▶ 🌬️ Air Sampling from 2012-01-02
| Air sampling technique | Collection into cold trap |
| Air sampling system manufacturer | PerkinElmer |
| Air sampling system model | PerkinElmer Clarus 500 |
| Sampling system serial number | TD300L0810132 |
| Sampling interval | 12.0 hours |
| Air sampling duration | 30.0 min |
| Air sampling volume | 0.6 L |
▶ 💉 Injection from 2012-01-01
| Injection technique | Thermodesorption |
| Thermodesorption mode | Cryofocus |
| Cryofocus adsorption | -40.0 °C |
| Cryofocus desorption | 300.0 °C |
| Injection split | Split |
| Percentage | 80.0 % |
▶ ⚗️ GC System from 2012-06-15
| Instrument manufacturer | PerkinElmer |
| Instrument model | PerkinElmer Clarus 500 |
| Instrument serial number | 650N8102405 |
| First column | |
| Length | 50.0 m |
| Material | Al2O3/Na2SO4 |
| Film thickness | 5.0 µm |
| Inner diameter | 320.0 µm |
| Second column | |
| Length | 60.0 m |
| Material | BP5MS |
| Film thickness | 1.0 µm |
| Inner diameter | 250.0 µm |
▶ 📡 Detection from 2012-01-02
| Detection method | FID |
| Detection system | |
| Manufacturer | PerkinElmer |
| Model | PerkinElmer Clarus 500 |
| Serial number | 650N8102405 |
▶ 📐 Calibration from 2020-09-08
| Zero gas generation technique | Nitrogen 99.9999% gas in cylinder |
| Calibration frequency | 3.0 weeks |
| Number of repetitions | 5.0 |
| Zero gas / Blank frequency | 3.0 weeks |
| Blank substraction | Applied |
| Linearity check frequency | 12.0 months |
Certificates (2)
Name: NPL_NMHCs_2020_PAS
Supplier: NPL
Cylinder: D723269
Valid: 2015-12-11 → 2017-12-10
Applied: 2020-09-09 → 2024-02-29
Name: NPL_NMHCs_2024_PAS
Supplier: NPL
Cylinder: D156916
Valid: 2024-01-18 → 2029-01-17
Applied: 2024-03-01 → 2029-01-18
▶ 📋 Measurement QA/QC
| Instrument log book | Electronic |
| Checklist | 1.0 days |
▶ ✅ Data QA/QC
| Time series analysis of calibrations | ✓ |
| Time series analysis of compound ratios | ✓ |
| @VOC@ | ✓ |
▶ 📤 Data Submission
| Database | Submission interval |
|---|---|
| ACTRIS | – |
| EMEP | – |
| GAW-WDCRG | – |
▶ 👤 Operators
| Operator | Level |
|---|---|
| 0000-0001-7022-3857 | scientist |