Agilent Technologies Intuvo 9000 - Condition the Column and Bake out the Detector

Installing the GC 1
Agilent Intuvo 9000 GC Installation 85
Condition the column and bake out the detector.
Before use, the column must be conditioned to remove any
contaminants.
1 Turn on the carrier gas.
2 Perform a leak check. Touch Diagnostics and navigate to the
leak check.
3 Refer to the checkout method for the detector. See the
Operation Manual. Note the oven temperature, average
velocity or flow, and so on.
4 Set the oven temperature and inlet flow conditions specified
for conditioning the column. Touch Method, select Active
method, then touch Edit to access current GC temperatures
and flows.
• Set the column temperature to 20 °C higher than the
highest checkout method temperature (do not exceed the
column maximum temperature). For example, for FID
checkout set the column temperature to 210 °C.
• Set the detector temperature to 20 °C higher than the
checkout method temperature. For example, for FID
checkout set the detector temperature to 320 °C.
• Turn the detector gases on.
• Light the flame, if appropriate.
5 Condition for the time given in the column’s instructions.
6 Cool the oven.
7 Leave the carrier gas on. If using a flammable carrier gas
(hydrogen), continue to vent the exhausts to a fume hood.