Presentation Profile
Simplified Method to Measure Performance Capabilities of Laboratory Analytical Instruments in the Oil and Gas Industry
Currently Scheduled: 1/18/2018 - 10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Room: Room 372 D
Main Author
George Gonzalez - Agilent Technologies
- Dr. Raj Shah - Koehler Instrument Company
Abstract:
A simplified review method to measure performance capabilities for commercial analytical instruments is required. The energy and chemicals industry would greatly benefit from a reliable and straightforward statistically-based system which allows for determining the value-added performance of any test method. The proposed process and computational expression will determine the overall analytical performance value (APV) based on precision criteria relative to parameter measurements. The APV technique can then be used to compare any standard developed for testing the same parameter. Its numerical rating system will express performance measurements relative to two or more points within the operating value of each parameter featured in any standard method that exhibits full precision as defined by repeatability and reproducibility. In turn, this evaluation can justify the precision for between-laboratory testing in order to standardize the methods performed in an efficient way. Applying a more streamlined statistical approach such as the APV technique would assist laboratory personnel including managers, process engineers, chemists, technicians, and operators with its effects even reaching as far as commercial traders.
