FACS Sort Recovery Estimate Page

JCSMR/TSRI Sort Recovery Page

This page thanks to Joe Trotter "Sort Guru"

Version 2.0

Modified for both normal BDIS 0.25 drop clock cycle and the modified TurboSort ® 0.1 drop clock cycle

Input Parameters			Output Parameters
Sorter:	Standard TurboSort ®		Deadtime Loss %
Mode:	Normal-R Count		Throughput hr
Sort Envelope:	drops	+ clock cycles	Sort Left
Sample Flow Rate:	events/sec		Rate /hr	/sec
Frequency:	Hz		Yield hrmin	%
Max loss:	% of sort left subset		Max: / sec
Pulse Width:	uSec		drops/event
Dead Time:	uSec		Sort Right
Sort fractions	Left:%	Right: %	Rate / hr	/sec
Yield	Left:	Right:	Yieldhrmin	%
Action:

These calculations apply to standard BDIS sorters where the instrument is set to trigger on light scatter. These calculations assume ideal conditions and that there are no other hidden dead times wihtin the sorting electronics. In practice, there are internal constraints within some sort circuits that will cause additional aborts that may or may not be counted by the electronics. For High Speed Enrichment, everything changes based on signal/noise and other sample characteristics. Your milage may vary... always check your instruments efficiency...

03/06/98