Fuel storage standards worldwide have changed little over the past few decades, with existing regulations tending to focus on safety, fire prevention, and environmental fuel containment. However, it is a fact that to improve the standards related to maintaining the purity of fuel while this storage. An annual maintenance plan is required.
FUEL STORAGE
Diesel Fuel and the Fuel Storage Industry
Diesel fuel begins to degrade after only 22 days from the time it is refined. As such, any industry that requires diesel fuels to be stored for long periods of time, must look towards technologies or systems that can help slow down or prevent the degradation.
UFS understands the importance of diesel fuel purity and how this directly relates to the reliability of customer diesel engines and fuel systems. UFS believes that diesel fuel is not a commodity, but an integral reliability component of the engine. Our engineering and sales teams design “solutions”, not “products”, to ensure diesel fuels, under storage conditions, remain as close to “as refined” as possible, thus helping to ensure ultimate reliability within a diesel engine.
Common Diesel Fuel Storage Issues
Diesel fuel that is not maintained correctly within a storage tank, in an optimal condition, can cause the following common problems:
- Sludge formation in tank bottoms
- Acid build up
- Water and condensation contributing to rust and tank degradation
- Contamination build up
- Bacteria and organic growth
- Injectors failure
- Injection pump failure
Resolution to Fuel Storage Issues
Diesel fuel that is maintained in a condition as close to “as refined” as possible will out perform a diesel fuel that is under or poorly maintained. The solution then is simple: employ corrective measures that ensure fuel stability and cleanliness. The solutions include the use of UFS fuel conditioning devices, filtration and separation control systems, breathers, and monitoring devices.
UFS produces a range of pre-designed and engineered solutions and products specifically tailored for Diesel Fuel Storage applications. Our in-house engineering team is also able to tailor any of our current solutions to your most difficult applications or, if needed, we can also develop for you a complete bespoke solution to meet the most challenging of requirements.
Our service includes
Cleaning of fuel tank reconditioning of high-spectrum additive fuel sampled and ASTM analysis of fuel condition before and after maintenance performed.