90 Calibration 083730300A DCN8101
4 CALIBRATION
This Section is organized into subsections as follows:
SECTION 4.1 – Important Precalibration Information: contains important information
you should know before calibrating the instrument.
SECTION 4.2 – Calibration Procedures: provides procedures for both calibration and
calibration checks of basic and valve option configurations.
SECTION 4.3 – Automatic Zero/Span Cal/Check (Auto Cal): describes the procedure
for using the AutoCal feature to check calibration or to calibrate the instrument. (The
AutoCal feature requires that either the zero/span valve option or the internal span gas
generator option be installed and operating).
SECTION 4.4 – CO Calibration Quality: describes how to evaluate the quality of each
calibration.
4.1 IMPORTANT PRECALIBRATION INFORMATION
Note
A start-up period of 4-
5 hours is recommended prior to
calibrating the analyzer.
4.1.1 CALIBRATION REQUIREMENTS
Calibration of the T300/T300M Analyzer requires specific equipment and supplies.
These include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Zero-air source
• Span gas source
• Gas lines - All Gas lines should be PTFE (Teflon), FEP, glass, stainless steel or brass
• Optionally, a recording device such as a strip-chart recorder and/or data logger. (For
electronic documentation, the internal data acquisition system DAS can be used by
configuring the Datalogger throught the Setup>Data Logging menu, Section 2.5.1).
• Traceability Standards