Uses amperometric sulphur detection technology, which provides sensitivity and speed of analysis while eliminating cumbersome routine maintenance
PerkinElmer has unveiled a new sulphur detection system for its Clarus 500 range of turnkey gas chromatography instruments produced with Arnel.
The new system uses amperometric sulphur detection (ASD) technology, which provides sensitivity and speed of analysis while eliminating cumbersome routine maintenance. Through the new, cleaner PerkinElmer-Arnel system, users will avoid the constant need to disassemble, clean and reassemble complex assemblies that become coated internally through coking. Not only will users save time and money per sample through longer continuous operation, but the system itself is less expensive. The new sulphur detector is especially useful in the refinery gas and natural gas businesses, which need to minimise sulphurous by-products and combustion effects in downstream applications. The beverage industry also relies on rapid and accurate sulphur detection for maintaining product quality as sulphur is a major potential source of taste problems in the carbon dioxide gas used in soft drinks.
High-volume segments of the plastics industry using monomers such as ethylene and propylene need to limit sulphur to guarantee predictable production and performance of resulting polymers.
The other chief markets that depend on fast and accurate sulphur detection are the chemical and petrochemical industries, which use expensive metals such as vanadium and titanium to catalyse chemical reactions and which can easily become contaminated in the presence of even minute parts-per-billion amounts of sulphur.
"The new sulphur detection systems will be a welcome addition to labs that want to maximise productivity through increased uptime and lower ongoing maintenance", said Jonathan Rennert, vice president and general manager of the environmental and chemical business at PerkinElmer.
"Once again, our partnership with Arnel has produced a turnkey system that lowers total cost of ownership while delivering accurate and reliable analyses".
"The collaboration between Arnel and PerkinElmer continues to expand application-specific options for a growing number of customers", said Clarence Wentzel, president of Arnel. "Our joint efforts have created more than 100 standard products as completely integrated systems or high-performance add-ons that ensure our customers receive a solution that meets their needs".
The new sulphur detector will ship early in the third quarter of 2004 and will carry the PerkinElmer-Arnel performance guarantee.
