{"id":354,"date":"2020-03-07T19:54:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T19:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deauxmaingroup.com\/GCFP\/?page_id=354"},"modified":"2023-02-26T15:09:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T21:09:15","slug":"what-is-fuel-polishing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deauxmaingroup.com\/GCFP\/services\/what-is-fuel-polishing\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Fuel Polishing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Fuel polishing<\/strong>&nbsp;is the technical cleaning process used to remove or filter microbial contamination from oil and hydrocarbon fuel in storage.&nbsp;It is essentially the removal of water, sediment and microbial contamination from such fuels as&nbsp;diesel,&nbsp;red diesel&nbsp;and&nbsp;biodiesel.\n\n<!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nA fuel&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;must&nbsp;be undertaken&nbsp;before&nbsp;fuel&nbsp;polishing&nbsp;is&nbsp;started&nbsp;so that&nbsp;the precise&nbsp;problem&nbsp;can be&nbsp;rectified with a&nbsp;focused&nbsp;solution. A&nbsp;second&nbsp;fuel&nbsp;check&nbsp;must be&nbsp;performed&nbsp;after the&nbsp;fuel&nbsp;polishing&nbsp;has been&nbsp;finished&nbsp;to&nbsp;affirm&nbsp;the&nbsp;problem&nbsp;has been&nbsp;fixed.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3>Sources of Contamination<\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nOver any given period of time fuels in storage can develop pools of sludge, sediment and water caused by microbial contamination. This contamination can quite easily find it\u2019s way into fuel at one of the many exchange points in its journey from source to end user. Left untreated, the levels of contamination worsen to the point where damage to machinery, pumps and engines is likely. When fuel is pumped into a tank condensation, atmospheric absorption, and a faulty tank are usually the main causes of fuel contamination. Microbes find their way into fuel and cause problems as they multiply and grow.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/deauxmaingroup.com\/GCFP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/before-after.png\" alt=\"\">\n<!-- wp:paragraph \/--><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3>Symptoms of Diesel Bugs<\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nThe symptoms of diesel bugs are easy to find. Important things to check over and look out for are:\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list -->\n<ul>\n \t<li>Worn Fuel Injectors<\/li>\n \t<li>Blocked Filters<\/li>\n \t<li>Corroded Tanks<\/li>\n \t<li>Engine Failure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nMicrobial contamination is heavily accelerated when higher biodiesel content occurs along with lower sulphur content.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Water in Fuel<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nAlmost everything on Earth contains elements of water and with fuel there is no exception. Albeit very small amounts exist in fuels to start with, but stored fuel will become a breeding ground for the microbial bacteria and over time, the levels of damage change from dissolved to emulsified and finally free.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<strong><em>Dissolved<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; Dissolved water in fuel is the presence of water, but unnoticeable to the eye. The water continues to develop until saturation point where water visibility begins.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<strong><em>Emulsified<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; At the point of saturation, a cloudy appearance will be the tell-tale sign that the water\/fuel oil mixture has become emulsified.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<strong><em>Free<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; The most developed stage of fuel contamination is when free flowing puddles of water appear within the stored fuel. At this point, bacterial contamination and growth is boosted.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuel polishing&nbsp;is the technical cleaning process used to remove or filter microbial contamination from oil and hydrocarbon fuel in storage.&nbsp;It is essentially the removal of water, sediment and microbial contamination from such fuels as&nbsp;diesel,&nbsp;red diesel&nbsp;and&nbsp;biodiesel. A fuel&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;must&nbsp;be undertaken&nbsp;before&nbsp;fuel&nbsp;polishing&nbsp;is&nbsp;started&nbsp;so that&nbsp;the precise&nbsp;problem&nbsp;can be&nbsp;rectified with a&nbsp;focused&nbsp;solution. A&nbsp;second&nbsp;fuel&nbsp;check&nbsp;must be&nbsp;performed&nbsp;after the&nbsp;fuel&nbsp;polishing&nbsp;has been&nbsp;finished&nbsp;to&nbsp;affirm&nbsp;the&nbsp;problem&nbsp;has been&nbsp;fixed. 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