[Gasification] gas chromatograph acquired: advice needed

[jim mason]

some poking this weekend determined that there are too many loose ends
on the recently acquired GC, and combined with the outdated nature of
the 5880A, it was decided the units will be far more work than return.
 the 5890 generation HP units can be found known working and complete
from $1500 up, but more like 3k for a well configured one.

until then, it seems the better route is to stay with real time gas
sensors for measuring the basic stuff, and submitting samples for
analysis of the heavier HCs via friends with GC or GC/MS access.

jim




On Dec 7, 2007 10:39 AM, Greg Manning <a31ford at inetlink.ca> wrote:
>
>
>  So I see.... Oops !!
>
> Greg.
>
>
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> [mailto:gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org]On Behalf Of Harmon Seaver
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 11:38 AM
> To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification
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> Subject: Re: [Gasification] gas chromatograph acquired: advice needed
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> Greg Manning wrote:
> > Greetings Jim and list members.
> >
> > Jim your 5880a needs a "dumb terminal" (CRT and keyboard with no CPU)
> often,
> > this old style technology can be mimic-ed with "hyper terminal" in windows
> > or a 3rd party version of software that works the same (Z-modem is an
> > example)  (even XP has hyper term).
> >
>
>     At first glance I thought so too, but if you look at the one on ebay
> that Jim posted  -
> http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-5880A-GC-TERMINAL-GAS-CHROMATOGRAPH_W0QQitemZ22014637
> 7200QQihZ012QQcategoryZ48720QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
>
>    you will see that it is far more than a dumb terminal. While you
> probably could get a term program on a pc to talk to the 5880a, it would
> not really do much in the way of being useful.
>
>
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