At the root of many modern engine running problems, and most fuel stock wastage, is microbial contamination brought about through the presence of water in bio-fuels.
Avoiding water ingress and managing ambient storage conditions are sound working practices but, fundamentally,
bio-fuels (even at modest 5% B5/E5 blends) provide a superb living environment for microbes. At best, at lowest suspended water content, bio-fuels hold not a few percentage points more water than petroleum fuels, but more by a substantial factor – at least 25 times as much – and this factor is only set to increase.
Increasing the frequency of fuel filter changes will also avoid some engine running difficulties. However, neither of these measures tackles the root: the microbes. Endeavouring to avoid condensation is doomed to failure with virtually all existing fuel storage facilities. Changing filters does not stop the corrosion effects. The only solution is to eliminate or control the microbes.
For elimination, periodic doses of biocides have been used for many years but the biocides:
• present serious health and safety problems
• are an ongoing operational expense
• have only limited success
Over 95% of biocides have been banned across the world in the last fifteen years. Highly toxic biocides make mockery of the ecological credentials of the bio-fuels to which they might be applied when they may cause an engine to exhaust formaldehyde and traces of heavy metals.
An alternative to elimination is control of the microbes with PureFuel Conditioners.
OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE
PureFuel Conditioners – originally called FuelMag™ – have been used predominantly in the marine sector for over 20 years. You will frequently find “FuelMags” listed in the particulars of boats for sale because they are an indication of a healthy engine and fuel system.
Curbing Microbial Contamination
THE PUREFUEL CONDITIONER
A safe solution for curbing microbial contamination is to pass the fuel through a PureFuel Conditioner. This is a natural solution to the microbe problem that, instead of killing the microbes, renders the microbes dormant.
In a dormant state the microbe:
• does not reproduce (no sludge)
• does not eat/excrete (no acids, no sugars).
In its dormant state, a microbe passes freely through fuel filters to be consumed in the combustion process.
A PureFuel Conditioner can be installed at all appropriate points in a fuel distribution network and, most importantly, on any vehicle or machine, to provide permanent protection from microbial contamination and restore normal service intervals.
HOW PUREFUEL CONDITIONERS WORK
• The PureFuel Conditioner causes plasmolysis of single
cell organisms – a state in which the cell is dormant
• The powerful magnetic field inside the PureFuel Conditioner
breaks down the biomass into individual cells of less than
1 micron in size
• The dormant cell produces no adhesive shell and will
consequently not form a colony
• Plasmolysed microbial material, being small enough,
passes through filter media and is consumed by the engine
during combustion
• Plasmolysed microbes in fuel returned to the tank
remains in a dormant state for up to 28 days after treatment
Given the time, correct conditions and nutrients, some cells will regenerate. By circulating fuel from the tank or storage system, the microbial matter can be maintained indefinitely in its fragmented, dormant condition.
A safe solution for curbing microbial contamination is to pass the fuel through a PureFuel Conditioner. This is a natural solution to the microbe problem that, instead of killing the microbes, renders the microbes dormant.
In a dormant state the microbe:
• does not reproduce (no sludge)
• does not eat/excrete (no acids, no sugars).
In its dormant state, a microbe passes freely through fuel filters to be consumed in the combustion process.
A PureFuel Conditioner can be installed at all appropriate points in a fuel distribution network and, most importantly, on any vehicle or machine, to provide permanent protection from microbial contamination and restore normal service intervals.
HOW PUREFUEL CONDITIONERS WORK
• The PureFuel Conditioner causes plasmolysis of single
cell organisms – a state in which the cell is dormant
• The powerful magnetic field inside the PureFuel Conditioner
breaks down the biomass into individual cells of less than
1 micron in size
• The dormant cell produces no adhesive shell and will
consequently not form a colony
• Plasmolysed microbial material, being small enough,
passes through filter media and is consumed by the engine
during combustion
• Plasmolysed microbes in fuel returned to the tank
remains in a dormant state for up to 28 days after treatment
Given the time, correct conditions and nutrients, some cells will regenerate. By circulating fuel from the tank or storage system, the microbial matter can be maintained indefinitely in its fragmented, dormant condition.