Modern more complex diesel fuels with advanced enhancement additives and the demands of that diesel fuel to meet the increasing standards of the modern High pressure diesel engine, diesel fuel cleanness is now critically important. Storage of the diesel has not been more serious.
Diesel fuel will begin to degrade from the time it has left the refinery, coupled with the transport of your diesel fuel it to your site and finally ending in your bulk storage tank. Storage management and cleaning every 5 years as well as regular diesel tank and fuel maintenance is increasingly important to maintain diesel performance.
Diesel Fuel Clean Australia (DFCA) offers diesel fuel cleaning services and long-term solutions to ensure your diesel fuel is clean and ready for when you most need it.
Diesel Fuel Clean Australia has diesel fuel cleaning capability’s from 2,000 (Litres per Hours) to 60,000 LPh, combined with the skills to inspect, maintain and clean your bulk storage facility.
Kidney loop filtering is cost affective and convenient but your bulk tank / day tank is still dirty! A total removal of your diesel to a temporary storage tank, and having your bulk tank inspection and cleaning. Returning you diesel fuel via a 100% filtration process is the most effective action required, resulting in a ten year inspection certificate together with the full lab results certifying your diesel cleanness.
We can also install your own on-site diesel cleaning/polishing system to suit your specific needs and regularly service your system to ensure it continues to work to full efficieincy regardless of introduced fuel contaminents and additives.
Is the fuel in your diesel storage tank clean?
Make sure your machinery is ready to go when you need it!
Solid Particulate Contamination
SOLID PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION IN DIESEL
Of all the different forms of diesel contamination, solid particulate contamination is the most obvious risk. Fuel contaminated with dust, grit and rust is clearly undesirable. Yet particulate contamination is also the easiest problem to both avoid and treat. Good fuel management avoids the problem occurring but if you’re already affected by particulate contamination, fuel polishing and tank cleaning can remove it.
Microbial Contamination
WHAT IS MICROBIAL GROWTH, THE DIESEL BUG?
Diesel bug is a generic name for the microbial contamination that grows in diesel fuel. It has become an especially troublesome form of fuel contamination since we started using biodiesel.WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIESEL BUG?
The diesel bug is not a single type of organism. There are thousands of different types of bacteria, mould and yeast found inhabiting fuel systems. This kind of contamination is hard to predict as every system offers a unique environment.
Water Contamination in Diesel
Water is bad news for diesel because it encourages the growth of diesel bug, rusts steel and leads to the formation of gums and resins which can stick to the side of fuel tanks, injectors and even causing layers of sediment to build up inside the tank.
Water contamination is natural in biodiesel. It contains water when it’s manufactured and it attracts more water while it’s stored. Biodiesel is hygroscopic; meaning it attracts water. This makes it more prone to water contamination than the petrochemical diesel we used before 2011.