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Continuous and accurate monitoring of water in fuel

The EASZ-1 is a real-time fuel monitor that fits in-line and continuously monitors the fuel flow for water contamination. Its applications are universal . The EASZ-1 does not monitor water contamination in tanks but in the actual flowing stream. With a fast response, the presence of abnormalities in the fuel such as free water can be picked up immediately and reported. Continuous monitoring of water in fuel gives valuable data to owners and operators on fuel condition in between spot sampling which can sometimes be very long periods of time.

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The Water In Fuel Problem

Even today water in fuel is a problem we are living with. Its causes are manifold, the solutions are inadequate and its effects range from minor inconvenience to major catastrophe. Some of the causes for water in fuel contamination are contaminated or poorly maintained fuel supply outlets, condensation in the fuel tank, fuel separation, poorly maintained fittings leading to water ingress and in some cases in developing countries the problem of theft/contamination .

The result of water in fuel contamination is engine and fuel system parts damage. The cost can be extensive in terms of money and time. Unfortunately, in particular situations, the results of a breakdown still result in loss of life and vessels. The resulting repairs could involve the complete change or major overhaul of an engine in serious conditions. In the case of diesel a secondary consequence of water in fuel contamination is the 'Diesel Bug', but the eradication of water will eradicate the fungus causing it. Common sense dictates that good water in fuel contamination monitoring and warning will help in diesel bug prevention. A good online water in diesel monitor will also enable operators to see what has been happening in between oil spot sampling periods, something that brings more awareness of what is continually happening over 24 hour periods whether good or bad.

A Fuel oil is normally classified into 6 classes, numbered one through six, according to its boiling point its purpose and composition.The boiling point, ranging from 175 to 600 degrees celcuis, and carbon chain length, 20 to 70 atoms, of the fuel increases with fuel oil number. Viscosity also increases with number, and the heaviest oil has to be heated to get it to flow. No. 1 fuel oil, No. 2 fuel oil and No. 3 fuel oil are variously referred to as distillate fuel oils, diesel fuel oils, light fuel oils, gasoil or just distillate. For example, No. 2 fuel oil, No. 2 distillate and No. 2 diesel fuel oil are almost the same thing (diesel is different in that it also has a cetane number limit which describes the ignition quality of the fuel). Distillate fuel oils are distilled from crude oil.

Gas oil refers to the process of distillation. The oil is heated, becomes a gas and then condenses.

No. (1) similar to kerosene and is the fraction that boils off right after gasoline
No. (2) the diesel that trucks and some cars run on, leading to the name "road diesel". It is the same thing as heating oil
No. (3) is a distillate fuel oil and is rarely used
No.(4) fuel oil usually blends of distillate and residual fuel oils- such as No. (2) and No. ( 6); however, sometimes it is just a heavy distillate. No.( 4) may be classified as diesel, distillate or residual fuel oil.
No. ( 5) fuel oil and No.( )6 fuel oil are called residual fuel or heavy fuel oils. As far more No. 6 than No. 5 is produced, the terms heavy fuel oil and residual fuel oil are sometimes used as synonyms for No. (6). They are what remains of the crude oil after gasoline and the distillate fuel oils are extracted through distillation. No.( 5) fuel oil is a mixture of No.( 6 (about seventy-five to eighty percent) with No.(2.) No. (6 )may also contain a small amount of No. (2) to get it to meet up up with the specifications.
Residual fuel oils can sometimes be called light when they have been mixed with distillate fuel oil- while distillate fuel oil is called heavy when it has been mixed with residual fuel oil. Heavy gas oil, for example, is a distillate that contains residual fuel oil.

Bunker fuel

Bunker fuel is technically any type of fuel oil used aboard ships. It gets its name from the containers on ships and in ports that it is stored in; in the days of steam they were coal bunkers but now they are bunker-fuel tanks.

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