BPC instruments AMPTS III Operation And Maintenance Manual page 7

- Standalone instrument with embedded data acquisition and web server for remote
access (no need for software installation).
- The measuring cell is pre-calibrated by the factory.
- The software can be accessed locally or remotely from any device with a web browser
(preferably Google Chrome).
- Option for real-time automatic compensation for atmospheric pressure,
environmental temperature and moisture content changes to normalise the data to
standard conditions.
- Function to remove gas overestimation and automatic calculation of the amount of
substrate and inoculum needed per reactor in order to perform BMP tests.
- Reliable operation and easy maintenance where most of the components can be easily
exchanged without special requirements.
- System log for operational diagnosis.
Table 1 summarizes the new features of AMPTS III and AMPTS III Light:
Table 1. Overview of the new features of AMPTS III and AMPTS III Light.
INCUBATION UNIT
CO -ABSORPTION UNIT
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BPC CORE AMPTS UNIT AND
SOFTWARE
AMPTS III and AMPTS III Light
- 18 channels (AMPTS III) and 9 channels (AMPTS III Light)
- AMPTS III standard configuration with 1 L reactors (0.5 L
reactors as an option).
- AMPTS III Light comes with 2 L reactors
- New thermostatic water bath with capacity to place 18 (0.5 /
1 L) or 9 (2 L) reactors
- Improved bottle holder design for CO
- AMPTS III comes with two bottle holder units, each for nine
bottles, allowing more flexibility to arrange the instrument
- Higher capacity for CO
(AMPTS II offered 100 mL bottles).
- New design where each flow cell is enclosed in a chamber
- The flow cell chambers can be easily replaced without tools
- Two possible measurement resolutions (2 and 9 mL)
- New electronics for faster and more stable operation
compared to the previous version
- 150 times higher storage capacity compared to AMPTS II
- USB port for software upgrade
- Addition of a power button
- Factory reset function
- OLED screen to easy access the status and IP address of the
instrument.
- Built-in accelerometer for leveling of the unit C
- New software platform Aurora
- It is possible to start and stop all channels with one click
- Three types of normalisation
- New set of settings to visualise data and generate reports
removal bottles
2
removal with 250 mL sized bottles
2
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