Equipment

General Features of Chromatography workstation: • Column Oven can accommodate two columns with maximum temperature range up to 400C with set point resolution of 0.1 C. • It should support 20 ramps & maximum temperature ramp rates of 100C /min. cool down of oven from 400C to 50C in less than 5 min. • Fully automated with electronic pneumatic control AFC / PPC / EPC (digital control) for injector gas • AFC/EPC/PPC should provide optimum performance with all types of capillary columns. • System should have the capability to install a minimum of three injection and four detector ports. • Capable of detecting H₂ and O₂ across 0.01% → 100% ranges (i.e., both trace in a matrix and bulk near-pure streams) Column Oven:• Operational Temperature Range: Ambient +10 to 400°C • Overheat protection: Programmable up to 420 C Injector port: • Split/Spitless Injector – 1 No • Packed injector – 1 No, • Maximum temperature: 400 °C, • Pressure setting range 0–100 psi with control setpoint of 0.01psi for specified pressure range.,• Carrier gas Flow Control should have Constant flow, constant pressure modes and constant linear velocity. Auto injector:• Automatic sample injector up to 15 vials • 2 ml vial with crimp set – 100 Nos, Detector:• Flame Ionisation Detector (FID) – 1 No, • Minimum Detectable quantity: 3 pgC/s or more • Liner dynamic range: 1 × 107, • Maximum acquisition rate: 4 ms (250Hz), • Thermal conductivity Detector, • Sensitivity: >40000 Mv • Maximum acquisition rate: 4 ms, • Maximum operating temp: 400 °C Gas Cylinders & Fittings, Gas sampling: Zero air, H2, N2 and Helium Gas cylinder with 2-stage regulators, each 1 No. • Four-stage gas purification panel and Gas tubing. • Quote a Suitable gas sample injector apparatus for the analysis of CO2 gas, gas standards and a suitable packed column • Quote a 6-port gas sampling valve suitable for both manual (through syringe) and auto injection (online) • Quote sample line, sample loop, heated lines, filters, safety hydrogen purging, and flow control of gas. Calibration gasses: • Suitable gas standards such as Ar, He, H2, O2, CO and CH4 should be provided PC and UPS: • PC i5 (or higher), 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 22-inch LED Monitor (or higher), SSD: 512 GB, Windows 10 OS (or higher), Wired Keyboard and Mouse. • Laser Printer B/W, Online UPS sine wave capacity of 5 KVA with battery power backup of 1 hour should be provided by the supplier General Terms and Conditions:Warranty: 3 Years Manufacturer’s Warranty Certificate. Vendor should be an authorised provider of sophisticated high-precision chromatograph workstation systems for the past 15 Years or more with: • A proven track record in multiple countries and national institutes • Standard quality certifications such (ISO 9001) • 5+ past installations of similar systems in India. • Compliance statement should be enclosed with the quotation. • The installation should be done at free of cost. Hands-on training for 1 day for two trainees (Faculty and scholars) must be provided on operation, maintenance and troubleshooting to two to two-three persons at the site of installation. If required, hands-on training must also be given to our faculty/scholars at a later stage, without any financial commitment to University. • The technical details of the quoted instrument must be available on the official website of the principal supplier. • The vendor should provide the list of end-users (Recent) with contact details. The vendor must submit the latest reference letters from their previous users. • Trained Service engineers in India (with suitable certificates) for the quoted model must be readily available to resolve the technical problems. • A list of recent scientific publications in reputed journals from the user institutions where the quoted model is available should be enclosed along with the quotation for reference. • Suitable high-end computer systems must be provided included in the default accessories. • Electrical Mains supply: All equipment & accessories should be compatible with 220 -230 V, 50 Hz power supply as per Indian Standard. • All the necessary accessories, such as electrode polishing cleaning kits, cells and bench mark electrodes and suitable connecting wires should be provided. • All necessary safety features for power failures etc. should be provided for the struggle free continuous operation in all environmental conditions. • One year of comprehensive replacement warranty including all replacement parts, labour & service charges, applicable taxes and duties, shipping costs as required without any additional cost for the whole workstation must be provided from the date of installation. • A minimum of 15 years of operation must be ensured from the date of installation. During the installation if anything happens, free replacements should be carried with a short period of time, without any financial commitment (like the cost of the part, custom duty, packaging and transport) to Bharathiar University and for this written guarantee must be provided from the vendor. If there is any delay (exceeds a month) in attending the service and replacement, then that period of delay should be counted as the extended warranty. • Pre-Installation requirements must be provided at the appropriate time. It means that the vendors must specify the requirements of building floor with professional civil and electrical details in advance. • Vendor must conduct free of cost advanced site survey with the necessary instrumentation facility to monitor the vibration and electromagnetic interference levels at no additional cost. • Necessary manpower/heavy lifting facilities must be taken care of by the vendor for the installation purpose, without any additional cost to Bharathiar University. • Compliance Statement: The supplier must submit technical brochures and proper application notes adequately explaining and confirming the availability of the features in the model of the equipment being quoted. • The supplier must submit a table indicating the compliance of the features of the model of the equipment being quoted with those given in the indent. Features not matching– must be clearly indicated. • Additional features and Features in the quoted equipment which are better than those in the indent–may be clearly explained. • Please provide a cost split-up of each accessory. • Mention the cost of optional accessories separately. Training: • 5 days complete operation and troubleshooting training must be provide at sight.