How to calculate the heat dissipation of your MS instrument - WKB20195

OBJECTIVE or GOAL

Calculate the heat dissipation for an MS instrument, including backing pumps.

ENVIRONMENT

• Single Quadrupole instruments

  ACQUITY QDa Detector
  SQ Detector 2
  ACQUITY SQD
  3100 Mass Detector
  ZQ Mass Detector

  Tandem Quadrupole instruments

  Xevo TQ-XS
  Xevo TQ-S micro
  Xevo TQD
  Xevo TQ-S
  Xevo TQ MS
  TQ Detector (ACQUITY TQD)
  Quattro Premier/Quattro Premier XE
  Quattro micro API
  Quattro micro GC
  Quattro Ultima
  Quattro LC

  ToF (Time of Flight) instruments

  SYNAPT G2-Si
  SYNAPT G2-S
  SYNAPT G2
  SYNAPT
  Xevo G2-S
  Xevo G2-XS

  Magnetic Sector MS

  AutoSpec Premier

PROCEDURE

1. To calculate the heat dissipation of your MS instrument, consult the power requirements section of your instrument's site prep guide and record the maximum power consumption of all necessary components. This will differ depending on pumping configuration. When reporting the heat dissipation we work on a worst case scenario and assume that the total power consumed is converted to heat. Add together the total power consumption of the MS and backing pumps. This gives you the heat dissipation value in Watts. In documents where this value is reported in VA, Volt-Amperes, 1 VA = 1 W.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1 Watt = 3.412142 BTU/hr