ABB PGC5000 gas chromatograph oven

ABB has announced the PGC5000 gas chromatograph oven with an integrated controller, the latest addition to the PGC5000 process gas chromatography product range for the chemical, petrochemical and refining industries.

Shelter space and the overall initial investment in analytical equipment can be expensive. The PGC5000 oven with an integrated controller enables the integration of a single-board computer (SBC) directly into the PGC5000B or PGC5000C gas chromatograph ovens. This not only eliminates the costs associated with one dedicated controller per oven architecture, it also reduces the overall size of the analyser shelter (up to 50%).

The oven offers user interface flexibility in three distinct options. It offers a Class 1, Division 2/Zone 2 (Division 1/Zone 1 also available) portable notebook PC with wireless or wired Ethernet connection to the ovens or a standard PC networked to the analyser LAN with wireless or wired Ethernet connection to the ovens. The third interface option is a single PGC5000A controller that can control and serve as the UI for all ovens in a single shelter. The first and second UI options allow for the use of STAR analyser maintenance system software, and for each connected oven to be controlled and displayed on the same user interface.

The product is offered with an optional secure Wi-Fi access point, with an adjustable transmission distance that limits the connection range to within the shelter. A single PGC5000A controller can connect to all PGC5000 ovens with integrated controller on the same network.

The product is available for all standard PGC5000B and PGC5000C ovens, including both the air bath and airless oven options. The option also supports the full offering of detectors: flame ionisation detector (FID); multiport and single-port thermal conductivity detector (TCD); and flame photometric detector (FPD).