Army, Navy and Airforce units like many other industries, use vast amounts of fuel, often stored for long periods of time and in remote locations.
Often, with remote, long term storage, there is an increased risk of fuel contamination which can go unnoticed for months. Contamination from dirt, rust, water and microbial growth comes in many different forms. In some cases, contamination may come from the fuel supplier before it ever reaches the facility.
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Electrical power is a mainstay of maintaining critical operations in remote areas. When contaminated stored fuel is supplied to backup generators, there is a significant risk that contamination will lead to engine component failure. Any such failure halting electrical generation could be life threatening at worse. At best, operational power could be out for an indefinite amount of time.
With facilities often storing tens of thousands of liters of fuel on-site for backup power and vehicle use, it is critical to understand and deal with the fuel quality degradation that can occur in the fuel over time.
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Diesel fuel starts to degrade less than 30 days from the time it is refined. As diesel fuel ages, it reacts with oxygen in storage tank resulting in the development of fine particulates, which can clog fuel filters prematurely. Bio Diesel is even more unstable due its biological fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) component.
The presence of excess water in fuel storage tanks causes microbial contamination to occur requiring the contamination to be removed and the fuel and tank sterilised to prevent reoccurrence. Rust and other fine contaminants also accelerate fuel degradation. Not only is contamination an issue for fuel quality, but diesel fuel contamination can cause fuel injector and fuel pump failures to occur leading to engine shut down.
When new fuel is delivered, it has often been stored, transported, transferred many times before it is finally used, offering many possible fuel contamination points that could affect fuel quality. Even if free of contaminants when delivered, fuel will become contaminated and degrade quickly if the existing fuel in the storage tank is contaminated.
The FAME components in Biodiesel can cause waxy deposits to form in fuel if temperature falls below certain values. The higher the FAME content the higher the clogging temperature. If clogging occurs in the fuel, filters become blocked very quickly causing engine shut down.
Through regular fuel polishing and periodic dosing with FUELTREAT’s engineered fuel additives, the quality of stored fuel can be maintained.
Our FUELTREAT engineered additives are designed to increase fuel life and stability, reduce oxidation of diesel fuels and biodiesels. Our engineered biocides are designed to stop fuel contamination from occurring or to sterilize fuel that has become contaminated saving.
Our fuel testing kits identify contamination issues quickly, allowing rapid biocidal treatment if required. We can provide a testing schedule or you can test using our globally approved testing kits.
We can design, manufacture and install dosing or fuel polishing systems to meet your requirements. Our mobile fuel polishing equipment can be used to quickly restore stored fuel in mission critical systems back to new…or better.
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