Micro Separator Fuel-Water separator for diesel, petrol and jet fuel - Dintra Transmissies - #1

Diesel Performance Products

Fuel-Water Separator for diesel, petrol and jet fuel

Diesel fuel is organic from origin and therefore a breeding soil for bacteria/microbes, yeast and

moulds.

Also due ever increasing amounts of hygroscopic (= water-absorbing) bio-fuels in the current

diesel (in 2010 in the EU already 10%), heavy pollution in the form of bacteria (strings) and

residues occur ever more frequently.

The bacteria live and thrive in the zone between the water at the bottom of the tank and the

diesel fuel above that water. The bacteria use the oxygen from the water and the hydrocarbon

from the fuel to grow. Dead bacteria and their waste products sink to the bottom of the tank as

residue (also called sludge). This residue contains nitric acid which in turn causes corrosion in

the tank and in the fuel system.

At the same time, the quality of the fuel - especially for common rail engines

- has become increasingly important, because pollution in the fuel can cause

serious engine damage in no time at all. Clogged injectors can no longer

perform optimal and produce an interrupted fuel spray.

As this fuel spray also has a secondary function which is to cool down the

pistons, these may get overheated. Holes in the pistons and even broken

pistons can be the result of this disrupted cooling.

On top of that: up to 50% of all fuel which is being pumped to the common rail engine, is used to externally cool down the

injectors. This fuel volume is pumped back to the tank, but at a much higher temperature (up to 60°C). This implicates that

the returned fuel is heating up the fuel in the tank to undesirable temperatures (depending on the volume of that fuel).

Especially such higher temperatures are a blessing for the bacteria as it stimulates their growth to such an extent that the

bacteria count doubles every 20 minutes and that is precisely how the negative spiral is established!

The bacteria accumulate in groups - so called colonies - and are visible as slimy strings which can cause costly damage

and dangerous situations (stalling of the engine). They clog up fuel filters in no time and even partly pass through these

filters. The damage they can cause when they have passed the filter is even more devastating. If such a slimy string reaches

the fuel injector, it will partly or completely block the injector, which causes immediate engine damage and loss of productive

time.

Worldwide operating insurer LOYDS claims that bad, polluted fuel causes up to 90% of all engine damage and failures!

The conclusion can only be, that much can be gained by using a good filtration/separation system!

Solutions:

Option 1: There are additives for diesel fuel which can destroy/kill approximately 25 - 50% of all bacteria types which are

found in diesel fuels. Once these bacteria have survived the additive, they become resistant and every next treatment will

have less effect.

Option 2:

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