Metrohm 893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat User Manual

893 Professional Biodiesel RancimatManual8.893.8001EN / 2014-05-09

1.2 About the documentation￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭2￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat1.2 About the documentationCAUTIONPlease read through th

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭1 Introduction893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭3NOTEThis symbol highlights additional information andtips.1.3 Safety

1.3 Safety instructions￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭4￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel RancimatWARNINGOnly personnel qualified by Metrohm are authorized to

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭1 Introduction893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭51.3.3 Flammable solvents and chemicalsWARNINGAll relevant safety meas

2.1 Front of the instrument￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭6￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat2 Overview of the instrument2.1 Front of the instrument

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2.3 Instrument display￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭8￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat13Type plateContains specifications concerning supplyvoltage a

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭2 Overview of the instrument893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭95Conductivity display block BShows the measured conducti

3.1 Setting up the instrument￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭10￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat3 Installation3.1 Setting up the instrument3.1.1 Pa

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭3 Installation893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭113.2 Mounting accessories3.2.1 Mounting the internal air supplyThe g

3.2 Mounting accessories￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭12￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel RancimatNOTEThe dust filter serves for filtering the air aspirated

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭3 Installation893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭13Figure 6 Drying flask mounted in placeNOTEThe molecular sieve serves

3.2 Mounting accessories￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭14￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel RancimatMount the accessories for the external air supply as follow

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭3 Installation893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭151234567891011121314151617181920Figure 7 Equipping the reaction and me

3.2 Mounting accessories￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭16￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat17PTFE cannula (6.1819.080)For supplying the air to the mea

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭3 Installation893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭17Figure 8 Mounting the air tube: correct - incorrectWARNINGThe foam ba

3.2 Mounting accessories￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭18￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat 2Mounting the tubing for the air supply￭ Screw the FEP tub

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭3 Installation893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭19￭ Insert the other end of the Iso-Versinic® tubing into the corre-spo

3.3 Power socket￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭20￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat 3Replacing the fuses￭ Carefully remove the defective fuses from th

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭3 Installation893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭21Figure 11 Instrument display with "no connection" symbolThe

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3.4 Connecting a computer￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭22￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat3.4 Connecting a computer3.4.1 Connecting the 893 Profes

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭4 Operation893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭234 Operation4.1 Rancimat methodBiodiesel, also referred to as RME (rape

4.2 Calibration functions￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭24￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel RancimatFigure 14 Measuring arrangement (schematic representation)

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭4 Operation893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭25The cell constants can be either entered manually or determined automat-

4.2 Calibration functions￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭26￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel RancimatFigure 15 Assembling the reaction vessel for determining t

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭4 Operation893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭27Preparing the determination of the temperature correctionThe figure show

4.3 Determinations￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭28￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat4.3 Determinations4.3.1 Preparing the instrument and the access

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭4 Operation893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭29 4Weighing in samplesNOTEUse new reaction vessels and air tubes for each

4.3 Determinations￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭30￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel RancimatNOTEDifferent methods with different temperatures can be selected

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭4 Operation893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭31 4Connecting and inserting reaction vesselsNOTEThe temperature defined i

TeachwareMetrohm AGCH-9100 [email protected] documentation is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Although all the information

4.3 Determinations￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭32￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭ Clean the measuring vessel covers, the PTFE cannula and theelec

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭4 Operation893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭33Figure 16 Oil separator (6.2753.200), disassembled1BodyBody with the IN

4.3 Determinations￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭34￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel RancimatNOTEDo not allow the oil separator bases to come into contact wit

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5.2 Replacing the dust filter￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭36￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat5.2 Replacing the dust filterThe dust filter (2-15) i

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭5 Operation and maintenance893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭37CAUTIONDo not fill the hot molecular sieve directly into

6.1 Problems￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭38￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat6 Troubleshooting6.1 ProblemsProblem Cause RemedyThe pump is louderth

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭6 Troubleshooting893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭39Problem Cause RemedyNo air flow can bedetected in the mea-suring v

6.1 Problems￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭40￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel RancimatProblem Cause RemedyThe connection to themeasuring vessel is notmounted

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭6 Troubleshooting893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭41Problem Cause RemedySee also: The inductiontime is longer/shorter

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭Table of contents893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭IIITable of contents1 Introduction 11.1 Instrument description ...

6.1 Problems￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭42￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel RancimatProblem Cause RemedyThe curve shows astep at the start ofthe measuremen

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭7 Technical specifications893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭437 Technical specifications7.1 General dataNumber of ins

7.3 External temperature sensor￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭44￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel RancimatShutdown temper-ature180 ± 7 °C(Resetting and troubl

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭7 Technical specifications893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭457.5 Gas flow regulationPump Membrane pump (brushless mot

7.9 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭46￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat7.9 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)Emis

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭8 Conformity and warranty893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭478 Conformity and warranty8.1 Quality Management Principl

8.2 Warranty (guarantee)￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭48￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimating, after-sales service and processing of customer complai

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭8 Conformity and warranty893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭49or for return shipment to Metrohm. Metrohm reserves the ri

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭50￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat9 AccessoriesUp-to-date information on the scope of delivery and optional accessor

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭9 Accessories893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭51The Partslists webpage will be displayed. 7Select the desired output l

Table of contents￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭IV￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat4.3 Determinations ...

Index￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭52￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭893 Professional Biodiesel RancimatIndexAAccessoriesMount ... 11Air purificationMoun

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭Table of figures893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭VTable of figuresFigure 1 Front 893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat .

￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭1 Introduction893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭11 Introduction1.1 Instrument descriptionThe 893 Professional Biodies