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National Physical Laboratory

RFQ - Water Vapour Analyser

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000
Value£77k
Deadline13 Feb 2023
Published27 Sept 2023
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 27 Sept 2023ClosedCloses 13 Feb 2023
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£77ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

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The brief

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's National Measurement Institute and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science, and technology available.

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) requirement is for a water vapour analyser, with the following capabilities: 1. capable of accurately measuring water vapours (see specification for amount fractions) in pure oxygen gas.

2.

The analyser shall be CE/UKCA certificated.

3.

Possibility to be networked and remotely accessed (minimum 100-1000 Base-T Ethernet) 4.

Have a serial RS232/485, Modbus TCP connectivity.

5.

Required to operate at standard UK mains power supply (230Vac, 50Hz).

6.

Analog output (4-20 mA or 0-10 Vdc) is required to allow connectivity to exiting automatic analysers and LabView integration.

7.

A local data storage (e.g. on flash drive) is desirable.

8.

Inlet pressure: 2-9 bar a 9.

Flow rate 0.05-1.5 slpm 10.

Gas temperature up to 60⁰C 11.

Wide dynamic range: over four orders of magnitude (see specification)

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

1. capable of accurately measuring water vapours

1. capable of accurately measuring water vapours (see specification for amount fractions) in pure oxygen gas.

02

The analyser shall be CE/UKCA certificated

The analyser shall be CE/UKCA certificated.

03

Required to operate at standard UK mains

Required to operate at standard UK mains power supply (230Vac, 50Hz).

04

Analog output (4-20 mA or 0-10 Vdc)

Analog output (4-20 mA or 0-10 Vdc) is required to allow connectivity to exiting automatic analysers and LabView integration.

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