Scribd
Upload
213 views

Calculate Syringe Pump Flowrate For Liquid Chemicals

This document provides information for calculating the flow rate of a syringe pump needed to deliver liquid or gaseous chemicals at a desired concentration. It includes the vapor pressures of acetone and MEK at different temperatures, diameters of various syringe sizes, and equations for converting between Celsius and Fahrenheit. It also lists the mass of water held per kg of nitrogen at different relative humidities, which can be used to calculate the syringe pump flow rate for delivering a gas at a specific humidity level and concentration.

Uploaded by

caseyandero
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as XLSX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
213 views

Calculate Syringe Pump Flowrate For Liquid Chemicals

This document provides information for calculating the flow rate of a syringe pump needed to deliver liquid or gaseous chemicals at a desired concentration. It includes the vapor pressures of acetone and MEK at different temperatures, diameters of various syringe sizes, and equations for converting between Celsius and Fahrenheit. It also lists the mass of water held per kg of nitrogen at different relative humidities, which can be used to calculate the syringe pump flow rate for delivering a gas at a specific humidity level and concentration.

Uploaded by

caseyandero
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as XLSX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 5

Calculate Syringe Pump Flowrate for Liquid Chemicals Syringe Diameters (mm):

Vapor Pressure(mmHg): 210.57 SGE/Hamilton Gas Tight


Desired Output PPM: 3.2 250 µL:
N2 Flowrate (mL/min): 1200 1mL:
Set Syringe Pump to 0.71 mL/h 5mL:
25mL:
50ml:

BD Plastic
3mL:
5mL:
20mL:
Vapor Pressure website: 60mL:
http://e-data.jp/vpcal2/e/
username: vpcal3 Convert °F to °C
password: 1111 Temp in °F: 71.5
Temp in °C: 21.94444

Acetone:
Enter Temperature (°C): 23
Vapor Pressure: 210.57
MEK:
Enter Temperature (°C): 21.944
Vapor Pressure: 77.52
Syringe Diameters (mm):

2.30
4.60
10.30
23.03
32.60

8.62
12.08
19.21
26.72
Calculate Syringe Pump Flowrate for Gaseous Chemicals
Gas Concentration (ppm) 1000000 (pure gas = 1,000,000 ppm)
Desired Output PPM: 1
N2 Flowrate (mL/min): 1200
Set Syringe Pump to 0.07 mL/h

760
204 268421.1

want 10 ppm
with 200 ml/min
for 2 min
total mils 400 ml
so inject 0.014902
Syringe Diameters (mm): % RH
Gas Tight 20 40 60 80
250 µL: 2.30 108.61 217.21 325.82 434.28
1mL: 4.60 27.15 54.30 81.45 108.57
5mL: 10.30 5.42 10.83 16.25 21.65

BD Plastic
3mL: 8.62 7.73 15.46 23.20 30.92
5mL: 12.08 3.94 7.87 11.81 15.74
20mL: 19.21 1.56 3.11 4.67 6.23
60mL: 26.72 0.80 1.61 2.41 3.22

10.3 - Syringe Diameter


83.32 - Cross-sectional area of syringe
21.65 - Dial setting on syringe pump
A dial setting of 16
produces 0.0052 - mL/min (or g/min H2O)
0.3126 - mL/h volumetric flow
22.0110 - g/kg N2
%RH g H2O/kg N2
20 7.45
40 14.9
60 22.35
80 29.79

You might also like