Gas Chromatography (GC) is the most popular analytical technique in the world, and all major companies rely on GCs for quality control and research. For that reason, GC problem solving and maintenance techniques are vital to maintain your GC reliability and ensure data quality. This training course will provide lists of symptoms and errors associated with the GC hardware or chromatographic output, as well as diagnoses of "Not Ready" / "Shutdown" messages and many other maintenance tips and tricks. Each section describes a problem and provides a bulleted list of possible causes for you to troubleshoot. This training course also includes common troubleshooting tasks and checks.

This training course will feature:

  • Common Troubleshooting Approaches
  • Tips for Effective Troubleshooting
  • Problem Prevention
  • Logical step by step solution

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify and understand a GC problem
  • Develop general troubleshooting strategy
  • Identify Chromatographic Symptoms and troubleshooting
  • Identify Detector Symptoms and troubleshooting
  • Troubleshoot of "GC Not Ready" status

DAY 1

Effective Troubleshooting

  • Tips for Safe Troubleshooting
  • Common Troubleshooting Approaches
  • Eight Problem Categories
  • Troubleshooting Tools
  • Problem Prevention
  • Consumable spares

Day 2:

Chromatographic Symptoms

  • Retention time Problem
  • Baseline Problems
  • Contamination or carryover
  • Peak Shape Problems
  • Resolution Problem
  • Column Problems

DAY 3

Detector and Communications Symptoms

  • Syringe Problems
  • FID Problems
  • TCD Problems
  • FPD Problems
  • Power and Communications Problems

DAY 4

GC "Not Ready" and "Shutdown" Symptoms

  • Flow/Pressure Problems
  • Temperature Problems
  • Detectors Problems
  • Valves Problems
  • Column Shutdown
  • Hydrogen Shutdown

Day 5

Troubleshooting Tasks

  • External Leak Check
  • GC leaks
  • Measure a Column Flow
  • Measure a Detector Flow
  • GC Self check
  • When to Change Gas Purifiers

This course is suitable for Laboratory personnel and other professionals interested in GC who analyzes & dedicated to Oil & Gas operations but will greatly benefit:

  • Chemist
  • Analyst
  • Lab. Technician

Course Schedules

  • 5 Days - Aug 17, 2026
  • english
  • face to face
  • Paris - France
  • $ 5,950
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