Gas chromatography analysis system
US6530260B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2030/3084
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A gas chromatography system includes a gas chromatography oven having a door adapted for integration with gas chromatography modules which are located outside of the oven cavity. For these purposes, the oven door has module receiving openings in which the modules are secured. The gas chromatography module includes a module housing containing a main coil of the capillary column, a pair of transfer lines sleeved on the free ends of the capillary column, a heater wire wound on the transfer lines, and, optionally, a pair of chromatography connectors which extend into the oven cavity and through which the free ends of the capillary column, as well as transfer lines, projecting into the oven cavity. A wall of the GC oven has an injector port and a detector port for injection of a sample into the oven cavity and for detecting the sample constituents. Column lengths extend within the oven cavity between the module and injector and detector, respectively. An electronic control block is positioned outside the oven cavity and mounted on the door in proximity to the modules to control the heating of the transfer line of the module.
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