FREE SAMPLING!

Fuel is clean and sterile when it leaves the refinery.  During transport fuel could lay on top of water ballast in tanker ships.  At terminals fuel lays on top of water bottoms.  Fuel may be delivered with a high water content.  Water being heavier than fuel will drop to the tank bottom.  Fuel tanks are warmed through the day and cool moist air is drawn in to the tank vents at night.  As the tanks breathe water is condensed from the air and is pulled by gravity to the tank bottom.  Water also enters fuel tanks through leaky fill caps and water filled sumps.  In diesel fuel tanks colonies of filter clogging bacteria and fungus will grow at the fuel/water interface.  The byproduct of these colonies is acidic sludge which corrode tanks and engine components.

Over the last several years we have seen the sulfur content in diesel go from 5,000 parts per million to 15 parts permillion (ultra low sulfur) to comply with emissions standards.  Reducing the amount of sulfur in diesel fuel renders the fuel vulnerable to microbial growth.  In addition to removing oxygen and nitrogen, the process for removing sulfur from fuel requires introducing water. When fuel becomes contaminated, the water in diesel fuel becomes a breeding ground for filter clogging bacteria and fungus.  Without proper maintenance, sitting water can become a veritable Petri dish in your fuel tank.

A Pro-Active tank cleaning program will eliminate these problems.

In diesel fuel tanks colonies of filter clogging bacteria and fungus will grow at the fuel/water interface.  The by product of these colonies is acidic sludge which corrode tanks and engine components.  Engines may be exercised regularly and operate properly and to specification. However inside the fuel tank, out of sight, free and emulsified water is slowly accumulating from condensation, leaky tank openings, and even fuel deliveries with high water absorption. As the evening temperature falls the water begins to condense out of the fuel and build inside of the tank.  When the fuel/water interface grows high enough to reach the engines fuel supply tube which may be one or more inches above the tank bottom; the filter clogging microbes will be drawn into the fuel system and stop the engine.

• A pro-active fuel tank cleaning program will prevent unexpected engine shut down.

• Remove the tank bottom water and the micro-organisms will die.

• Filters will not clog.

• Tanks will not corrode from the acidic sludge.

• Fuel Injection Systems will not be damaged by water and corrosion.

• Emergency Generators will not become the Emergency