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Course Duration
5 Days
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Every Week
Course Type
Online/ London
Course Details
This intensive 5-day course provides a comprehensive understanding of gas and liquid chromatography techniques, essential tools for analyzing the composition of hydrocarbons and other substances in the oil and gas industry. Participants will learn the principles of chromatography, including separation mechanisms, instrumentation, and data interpretation. The course covers both gas chromatography (GC) and liquid chromatography (LC) methods, focusing on practical applications in the oil and gas sector. A significant portion of the course is dedicated to troubleshooting common problems encountered in chromatography, enabling participants to confidently maintain and optimize their analytical systems.
This course emphasizes hands-on experience and problem-solving. Participants will work with real-world examples, analyze chromatographic data, and learn how to identify and resolve issues such as peak broadening, baseline drift, and detector malfunctions. The course will cover method development, validation, and quality control procedures, ensuring participants can generate reliable and accurate analytical results. By the end of this course, participants will be proficient in using GC and LC techniques and be able to troubleshoot common problems encountered in the lab.
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Understand the principles of gas and liquid chromatography.
- Operate GC and LC instruments.
- Interpret chromatographic data.
- Troubleshoot common problems in chromatography.
- Develop and validate chromatographic methods.
- Laboratory technicians and analysts in the oil and gas industry
- Chemists and engineers involved in product quality control
- Researchers working with hydrocarbon analysis
- Anyone involved in using chromatography techniques
Course Outline
5 days Course
- Principles of Chromatography:
- Introduction to chromatography: Separation mechanisms, types of chromatography.
- Gas chromatography (GC): Principles, instrumentation, applications.
- Liquid chromatography (LC): Principles, instrumentation, applications.
- Practical exercise: Setting up a GC and LC system.
- Gas Chromatography (GC) in Detail:
- GC instrumentation: Injectors, columns, detectors.
- GC method development: Choosing the right column and operating conditions.
- GC data interpretation: Identifying and quantifying components.
- Case study: Analyzing a gas sample from a refinery.
- LC instrumentation: Pumps, columns, detectors.
- LC method development: Choosing the right mobile phase and column.
- LC data interpretation: Identifying and quantifying components.
- Case study: Analyzing a liquid sample from a chemical plant.
- Troubleshooting in Chromatography:
- Common problems in GC: Peak broadening, tailing, ghost peaks.
- Common problems in LC: Baseline drift, noisy peaks, poor resolution.
- Troubleshooting techniques: Identifying and resolving problems.
- Practical exercise: Troubleshooting a simulated chromatography problem.
- Troubleshooting in Chromatography:
- Method Development and Validation:
- Developing and validating chromatographic methods.
- Quality control procedures in chromatography.
- Data analysis and reporting.
- Practical exercise: Developing and validating a simple chromatographic method.
- Method Development and Validation:
