This weeks #FuelCleanlinessTip is filtering incoming fuel upon delivery and install kidney-loop filtration systems on bulk fuel tanks.
Fuel delivered in tankers can be notoriously dirty (ISO 21/19/17)
Make sure that new fuel is filtered on its way into the bulk tank
Use high efficiency 2.5 micron filters rated Beta>1000 per ISO 16889
Use coalescer/separator elements to effectively remove moisture
Run continuously or on a timer for periodic filtration
To ensure that the oil that you are putting into your critical rotating equipment meets or exceeds stringent OEM cleanliness levels, you need to install properly sized filters at several different points within the oil’s flow path. Working your way backwards from the final point-of-use dispensing nozzle, brand new oil should be filtered downstream of every pump that moves it from Point A to Point B.
Kidney-loop filtration used on bulk tanks, oil totes, and drums is also an important and effective way to ensure that new oil is absolutely clean, since the removal of particulate contamination (even with high efficiency filter elements rated Beta>1000) is not 99.9% efficient in single pass. By recirculating the oil for a period of time in a tank, passing it through one or more filter elements at least 6-12 times, you can be assured of lowering the particle count in brand new oil from ISO 21/19/17 to ISO 16/14/11.
Oil Filtration Systems has a wide range of flow rates and configurations to fit every tank size. Visit oilfiltrationsystems.com for more information or email us at info@oilfiltrationsystems.com.
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