On-line data processing system for gas chromatography has been developed. A PDP-8/I high speed digital computer was used, which was equipped with an 8192-word core memory for simultaneously processing up to 10 gas chromatograph channels. The hardware consists of a central processing unit, a multiplexer, an analogue-to-digital converter, a control unit, a device select unit, teletypewriters, and output units. The software is composed of programmes for data reading and smoothing, peak detection, integration, baseline correction, fused peak resolution, calculation, data printout, and their executions. The features and performances of this system are as follows;
1) Parallel operation of ten gas chromatographs is possible.
2) A peak with the height of less than 10μV is detectable.
3) A broad peak having a slope of 0.2μV per second is also detectable.
4) Reproducibility of retention time lies within a few seconds.
5) This system gives more precise results than planimetry method with regard to measurement of the peak area.
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