1 ) What is the main difference of GOO-FAR Separators from all other separators?
2 ) What are the filtering functions and capabilities?
3 ) Where must I install it in the engine and how ?
4 ) How often the filter element must be cleaned and how ?
5 ) What are the GOO-FAR Separator choose parameters ?
6 ) Can I use it with all kinds of fuel?
7 ) What are the major effects to the performance of the engine?
8 ) How does it reduce the mainteneance and filter element costs?
9 ) How does it 100 % eliminate the risk of stopping on the sea or road ?
10 ) In which period , cost of the separator come back and saves money per year?
1 ) What is the main difference of GOO-FAR Separators from all other separators?
Main difference is filter elemant which can be used for years without replacing .It is recleanable and reusable after a few minutes cleaning in fuel ..
2 ) What are the filtering functions and capabilities?
GOO-FAR Separator eliminates all particules up to 30 microns ..and water % 99,9
3 ) Where must I install it in the engine and how ?
It is a primary filter and separator which must be installed in a convenient place on the engine
4 ) How often the filter element must be cleaned and how ?
It depends on the fuel quality you use. But mainly eery 3-4 months period can be cleaned and used again for years
5 ) What are the GOO-FAR Separator choose parameters ?
You must choose the best GOO-FAR Separator depending on your engine power, flowrate of your fuel system
6 ) Can I use it with all kinds of fuel?
You can use GOO-FAR Separator with almost all fuels..Gasoline, Diesel,Biodiesel
7 ) What are the major effects to the performance of the engine?
Removing all contaminants, particules algae and water in your tabk surely will improve the performans
of your engine.The improvements will change depend on every different engne and fuel tank conditions. Pls test all and inform us about the improvements .
8 ) How does it reduce the mainteneance and filter element costs?
Most used and known Separators use paper filter elements and must be used periodically forever.But GOO-FAR Separator has a reusable and recleanable filter element and can be used for years times and times more.
9 ) How does it 100 % eliminate the risk of stopping on the sea or road ?
If water will be in your tabk your filter element will fail...But GOO-FAR Separator has a reusable and recleanable filter element..if water or some other dirt will come to your filter element or much water, you can just clean it and put it back to the separator...hundreds times...without needing a spare..
10 ) In which period , cost of the separator come back and saves money per year?
In 3-4 monhts time Depend on in which period you change your paper element ..Maybe in 2 months maybe 3-4 ....But surely at the end of 6 months you will have % 50 economi and the initial cost of the GOO-FAR separator will be constant for years while separator with paper filter elements will accelerating filter element costs.
1) How do you know the effect?
2) How reduces the cost?
3) Does Performance Kit effect the electronic compounds negatively
4) Also effective to use in Fuel Tanks?
5) Can be used also with the other flowing fuels?
6) How does it reduce smoke emissions of the engine?
7) Where can I install GOO-FAR Performance Kit and Filters on my system?
8) Fuel suppliers can not resolve problems, why?
9) How does GOO-FAR works ?
10 What is Diesel Fuel "ALGAE ?
11) What is Diesel Fuel?
12) What is the "stuff" that clogs my filters?
13) Can diesel fuel plug your filters?
14) How does fuel stability affect the user?
15) What is bad fuel?
16) What does Optimal Fuel Quality mean for me?
17) Is "Dark Fuel" the same as "Bad Fuel" and can I still use it?
18) How does my engine negatively impact fuel quality?
19) Isn t my filter supposed to keep my fuel system clean?
20) What are the problems related to long-term fuel storage?
21) How do we protect stored fuel?
22) Does low sulfur diesel fuel have enough lubricity?
1) How do you know the effect?
*** Since 30-40 years beginning in USA AirCraft Industry and Automotive Industry , Further tests conducted by several universities and technological development centers study the effects on a circulation system concluded that microbes can be kept at controllable levels even if installed after severe contamination.
The experiment was devised to determine the effect on a magnetically protected filter compared with an unprotected one when circulated with microbiologically contaminated fuel.
The result was that the unprotected filter became an ideal environment for microbiological growth and the filter became blocked. The protected one remained unblocked. The filter life was increased by a factor of 10. The results were so impressive that the scientists submitted them to the leading journal in the field of biological contamination for publication.
There are thousand of articles written by scientists in the literature about the magnetic field effect to fuels and more than half century , thousand of applications proved already the fact and reality of magnetic field effect on fuels
2) How reduces the cost?
*** By GOO-FAR Separator, the continual use of expensive and toxic biocides and the associated hazards are eliminated.
3) Does Performance Kit effect the electronic compounds negatively
*** Definitely NO! The field is depleted after it moves about 70mm from the unit. In addition, the field is absorbed by adjacent ferrite materials
4) Also effective to use in Fuel Tanks?
*** Yes! By periodically circulating the fuel through a GOO-FAR Performance Kit, the microbial matter can be maintained in a controlled, dormant condition.
5) Can be used also with the other flowing fuels?
*** Absolutely yes. Effective also for water pipes
6) How does it reduce smoke emissions of the engine?
*** Quite simply, the biological contamination is removed and fuel quality is improved. If the system is contaminated then as it becomes cleaner the combustion process improves, giving cleaner, faster and more complete combustion of the fuel injected into the combustion spaces.
7) Where can I install GOO-FAR Performance Kit and Filters on my system?
*** GOO-FAR™ breaks down the microbiological contamination to minute components so that it will pass through the filters into the engine and away in the exhaust. So the obvious place to install the GOO-FAR™ is in the fuel supply line between the talk and the fuel filter, this cleans the fuel before it enters any filtration or treatment unit.
8) Fuel suppliers can not resolve problems, why?
*** To keep moisture out of fuel systems and storage units is impossible. But it is the level of contamination that needs to be controlled.
9) How does GOO-FAR works ?
*** GOO-FAR™ is not a biocide; it does not kill the bug. It is a bio-control unit. It affects the living organism by disrupting its environment and breaking the biomass down into individual plasmolized cells of less than 1 micron in size. These pass through the fuel filter and burn up in the engine.
It not only disrupts the microbes growth cycle but also allow them to be flushed out; whereas biocides still require you to change all the filters and clean the whole system with more chemicals.
10 What is Diesel Fuel "ALGAE ?
*** Algae are a life form found in water, similar to algae growing in an aquarium. However, for years, people have been referring to tank sludge and to the jelly, slime and other contaminants found in fuel filters as "algae". The colloquialism "diesel fuel algae" is widely used and understood. However, there is no relationship between the "algae" growing in your aquarium and the sludge "growing" (forming) in your fuel tank and showing up on your filter elements.
There are three basic areas of concern in fuels and oil. They are: 1. water 2. in-organic debris (sand, dust, rust, etc.) and 3. organic debris (fuel breakdown products and waste products of fuel deterioration and re-polymerization). The organic debris represents more than 90% of all the contaminants found in fuels and oil. It is this organic debris, the sludgy, slimy, acidic material that people refer to as "diesel fuel algae". It could also be called polymer, tar or wax and asphalt!
11) What is Diesel Fuel?
*** Diesel fuel is a very complex mixture of thousands of individual compounds with carbon numbers between 9 and 23 (number of carbon atoms per hydrocarbon* molecule) Most of these compounds are members of the paraffinic, naphthenic or aromatic class of hydrocarbons (HC). These three classes have different chemical and physical properties. The different relative proportions of the three classes is one of the factors that make one diesel fuel different from another. It influences fuel properties and affects its performance.
Up until about 15-20 years ago, refineries used only about 50% of a barrel of crude oil to make distillates such as gasoline, jet fuel and diesel. The remainder of the barrel of crude oil went to "residual oil". Today, as a result of different refining techniques and additive packages, the refinery uses 90% or more of the same barrel of crude, which clearly has consequences for fuel stability.
More than 90% of the debris on filter elements and the sludge in our storage tanks is organic material, fuel and oil breakdown residue. In most cases, this debris is acidic and not good for your engine. It causes corrosion in injectors, pumps and storage tanks.
The solids that form as the result of the inherent instability of the fuel and the natural process of degradation will accumulate in the bottom of your tank. The sludge will form a coating or bio-film on the walls and baffles of the tank, plug your filters and impact combustion efficiency. Eventually it will clog fuel lines and ruin your equipment.
*Hydrocarbons are organic compounds composed entirely of carbon and hydrogen divided in four major classes: paraffins, naphthenes, olefins, and aromatics. These classes share common structural features but differ in size, (number of carbon atoms per molecule) and/or geometry. While hydrogen and carbon are the predominant elements in crude oil, small amounts of sulfur, nitrogen and oxygen are also present and referred to as hetero-atoms (other-atoms). Compounds containing hetero-atoms are non-hydrocarbons. Typical non-hydrocarbons found in diesel are dibenzothiophene and carbazole, which play a large role in determining certain fuel properties
12) What is the "stuff" that clogs my filters?
*** Filter plugging can have several causes. For example, low temperatures can cause wax crystallization, which can lead to filter plugging. An example would be using summer diesel in cold weather. Wax or paraffin is part of the diesel fuel. GOO-FAR is the answer to that problem.
Chemical incompatibility may cause dramatic filter plugging. This may happen when fuels with incompatible additive packages are mixed.
Contaminant build up resulting from excessive microbial growth and bio-degradation of fuel can cause filter plugging. Micro-organisms, bacteria and enzyme activity, fungus, yeast and mold cause fuel degradation and the formation of waste products. The process is similar to milk turning into cottage cheese, a different form of milk. Of all the microbial debris and waste products in the tank only about .01% is bugs. Even though microbes may cause and accelerate the process of fuel degradation, it should be clear that the waste products clogging your filter are not the microbes but fuel components which have formed solids.
Frequently, the application of a biocide aggravates the situation and turns bio-film into solids, creating a real fuel filter nightmare. Bio film develops through out the entire fuel system. It grows in the water fuel interface and on the walls, baffles, and bottoms of storage tanks. An unlucky end user may be filling up his tank and getting this debris delivered as a part of his fuel, for the same price as the fuel.
Poor thermal fuel stability can plug filters. Fuel will form particulates (solids) when exposed to pumps and the hot surfaces and pressure of the fuel injection system. This will result in an increase in asphaltene agglomerations, polymerization and a dramatic loss of combustion efficiency.
13) Can diesel fuel plug your filters?
*** Yes, it can. The stuff that clogs your filters is actually fuel in some way, shape or form. In excess of 90% of this organic debris are fuel breakdown products. It is not sand, dust, stones, rust or in-organic matter that blocks your filter.
The inorganic material like sand, dust and other particles will not cause your filters to clog. In fact, a lot of sand in a fuel filter would act as extra filtration. The pores between the sand particles are much larger than the pores in a standard fuel filter element. Sand filters are commonly used to filter water. A hair is approximately 80 micron and fuel filter elements range all the way from 30 micron for a prefilter to 2 micron in a fine filter.
14) How does fuel stability affect the user?
sure*** Fuel stability is a serious concern for the diesel fuel user.
The chemistry of diesel fuel instability involves the chemical conversion of precursors to species of higher molecular weight with limited solubility. The conversion process often involves oxidation of the precursors. Fuel solvency plays a role, since the development of insolubles is always a function of both the presence of higher molecular weight species and the fuel capacity to dissolve them.
We all realize that fuel is an unstable, organic liquid that goes "bad". Your vendor will always sell you the highest fuel quality possible. However, due to a variety of circumstances fuel may have "aged", oxidized and/or contain water. It may have been contaminated before it was delivered to you or to your vendor.
Fuel has to travel from the refinery to the end user destination. It is pumped through pipelines, barged, trucked and stored in tank farms. Diurnal changes in temperature and exposure to the atmosphere will cause condensation and water in storage systems. None of this will help improve fuel quality.
When your fuel is finally used, it is exposed to the heat and ofpres engine injection systems, centrifuges, pumps, heaters causing an increase in asphaltene agglomerations, which negatively impacts combustion efficiency and emissions.
15) What is bad fuel?
*** Fuel is made to certain ASTM specifications. When it does not meet these specs., we could refer to it as "bad fuel". However, we tend to refer to fuel as "bad fuel" when we see symptoms such as: -dark hazy fuel, -filter plugging. -sludge build up in tanks, -poor engine performance, -excessive smoke & emissions, -etc. We refer to fuel as "good fuel", when it is clear and bright. Or rather in that case, no reference is made at all to our fuel. We simply use it and take fuel quality and peak engine performance for granted. Bad fuel is fuel that does not meet ASTM specifications.
16) What does Optimal Fuel Quality mean for me?
*** Optimal Fuel Quality means Peak Engine Performance. New engines will retain maximum engine efficiency much longer using good quality fuel. GOO-FAR® treated fuel extends the life of both old and new engines.
GOO-FAR Fuel Performance Systems Optimizes Fuel Quality and eliminates the build up of organic solids, tank sludge, acid formation and clogged filters. It enhances combustion by reducing the size of the fuel droplet, eliminating carbon build up and reduces harmful exhaust.
The implementation of GOO-FAR Technology, lowers operating cost, brings equipment in compliance with the Clean Air Act, and deals with environmental concerns about smoke, particulate and oil sheen on the water.
17) Is "Dark Fuel" the same as "Bad Fuel" and can I still use it?
*** This is a question many of us have asked more than once. And what we really want to know is: "Will the stuff damage my engines?" Engines are expensive, ruining an engine is costly and operating an engine on "bad fuel" is not wise.
We all know that most engine failures start in the fuel tank. When all mechanical parts are in good operating condition, the cooling and lube systems are working, the lube oil is clean and there is a sufficient supply of clean air getting to the combustion chamber, a diesel engine or turbine could almost run forever. The only limiting factor is Fuel Quality. Dark fuel is symptomatic of poor quality and even though, in most cases, it can be used, fuel in this condition will provide poor combustion and filtration problems.
"Dark fuel" is in general indicative of oxidation and that the process of fuel degradation is in a far advanced stage. Hazy fuel is indicative of water emulsified in the fuel. In general, dark hazy fuel will not damage your engine. It indicates however, poor fuel quality, which will definitely not provide you with peak engine performance.
Using less than optimal fuel quality negatively impacts engine efficiency and accelerates the process that makes new engines old.
Diesel fuel can range from colorless, to amber or light brown color, depending on the crude oil and the refinery process used to produce it. In addition, dyes may be added to change the fuel color for tax identification purposes.
In time, stored fuel will darken due to oxidation, repolymerization and agglomeration of certain components. The darkening is accompanied by the formation of sediment that plugs filters and causes poor combustion. Fuel & Oil vendors suggest that if diesel fuel is stored for emergency use, it should be replaced with fresh fuel within a year, unless special precautions or remedial actions are taken.
18) How does my engine negatively impact fuel quality?
*** A diesel engine uses only some of the fuel it pulls from the tank. All of that fuel goes to the high-pressure fuel pump and to the injectors operating under enormous pressure and high temperatures.
The surplus fuel the engine is not using goes back to the tank. This fuel is continuously re-circulated and exposed to extreme pressure and heat, which results in the agglomeration of asphaltenes, the high carbon content, heavy end fuel molecules. It leads to the formation of larger and larger clusters and solids, which are very difficult to completely combust. These solids may grow so large that they will not pass through the filter element and become part of the polymer and sludge build up plugging the filter.
In addition, the hot fuel coming back to the tank will raise the fuel temperature in the tank, cause condensation and contribute to microbial contamination, fuel break down, bio fouling and the build up of sludge and acid.
Large fuel droplets and high asphaltene concentrations require more time, more energy and higher temperatures to combust than is available in engines during the combustion cycle and before the exhaust valve opens.
Any device in the fuel system exposing the fuel to stress (heat and pressure) such as pumps, heaters, or centrifuges will increase the formation of asphaltenes and negatively impact combustion.
19) Isn t my filter supposed to keep my fuel system clean?
*** Well, filtration simply cannot and will not do that. At best, filters, separators and centrifuges remove debris suspended in the fuel before the fuel reaches the engine. Stopping, preventing or reversing the process of fuel breakdown is a completely different matter that can be addressed and resolved with GOO-FAR® Performance Kits. It is not very likely that filtration, (either the filter on the engine, or an external filtration system) will remove the sludge coating from the walls and baffles of your storage tank and the use of biocides will almost always aggravate the situation. Filtration has no effect on fuel break down processes whatsoever.
Filters are primarily designed to remove in-organic debris from the fluid stream and, as we have seen, they become clogged with organic debris, resulting from fuel degradation. The water separator is designed to remove free-water. However, a separator, filter combination or centrifuge cannot remove emulsified water. Free water in fuel can simply be removed from the fuel stream with the use of a water separator. Several well-known and very efficient combination Filter/Water separator devices are on the market. They are essential in any diesel engine application.
Simple in-organic debris, dust, sand, rust, etc. can easily be removed from the fuel stream with a filter. That is what the filter was made for. This in-organic material will be trapped in the filter without clogging it. Most of the debris we see on the filter elements (the stuff that plugs our filters) is the result of the fuel having begun to form solids.
20) What are the problems related to long-term fuel storage?
*** Temperature, humidity and condensation are very important factors in managing fuel integrity. The presence of free water provides the medium for microbiological growth that results in the formation of slime and acids causing corrosion of metal surfaces such as storage tanks, pumps, injectors, etc.
Other key factors leading to fuel deterioration, polymerization, and stratification in storage tanks are chemical incompatibility and stress caused by heat and pressure of pumps, centrifuges, and heaters. Since most diesel engines return considerable amounts of fuel back to the tank, it is easy to see that the engine itself contributes to fuel deterioration.
21) How do we protect stored fuel?
*** Good housekeeping and purchasing clean, dry fuel from a reputable supplier are definitely step one.
In applications, such as emergency power generation, we recommend installing a fuel re-circulation/filtration system like the fully automated GOO-FAR Fuel Perfromance and Filtration System.
These commercial high capacity systems typically have the following basic components: a pump, an GOO-FAR Fuel Performance Kit, a filter/water separator, a water block or fine filter, a timer, and an electronically controlled monitoring systems with alarms.
Traditionally, biocides and filtration were the only treatment available. In many cases, we have seen that this regime caused more harm than good. The use of an adequate fuel quality management program and service, regular fuel testing to monitor fuel integrity are an absolute necessity and will save money. Periodically adding stabilizer is another common practice used for example with nuclear power plants, which all have back-up diesel powered generators.
22) Does low sulfur diesel fuel have enough lubricity?
*** Generally - Yes. Even though the process used to lower the sulfur in diesel can also remove some of the components that give the fuel its lubricity.
PLS email us any questions in your mind ..We will try to reply here as soon as we can
info@goo-far.com
2 ) What are the filtering functions and capabilities?
3 ) Where must I install it in the engine and how ?
4 ) How often the filter element must be cleaned and how ?
5 ) What are the GOO-FAR Separator choose parameters ?
6 ) Can I use it with all kinds of fuel?
7 ) What are the major effects to the performance of the engine?
8 ) How does it reduce the mainteneance and filter element costs?
9 ) How does it 100 % eliminate the risk of stopping on the sea or road ?
10 ) In which period , cost of the separator come back and saves money per year?
1 ) What is the main difference of GOO-FAR Separators from all other separators?
Main difference is filter elemant which can be used for years without replacing .It is recleanable and reusable after a few minutes cleaning in fuel ..
2 ) What are the filtering functions and capabilities?
GOO-FAR Separator eliminates all particules up to 30 microns ..and water % 99,9
3 ) Where must I install it in the engine and how ?
It is a primary filter and separator which must be installed in a convenient place on the engine
4 ) How often the filter element must be cleaned and how ?
It depends on the fuel quality you use. But mainly eery 3-4 months period can be cleaned and used again for years
5 ) What are the GOO-FAR Separator choose parameters ?
You must choose the best GOO-FAR Separator depending on your engine power, flowrate of your fuel system
6 ) Can I use it with all kinds of fuel?
You can use GOO-FAR Separator with almost all fuels..Gasoline, Diesel,Biodiesel
7 ) What are the major effects to the performance of the engine?
Removing all contaminants, particules algae and water in your tabk surely will improve the performans
of your engine.The improvements will change depend on every different engne and fuel tank conditions. Pls test all and inform us about the improvements .
8 ) How does it reduce the mainteneance and filter element costs?
Most used and known Separators use paper filter elements and must be used periodically forever.But GOO-FAR Separator has a reusable and recleanable filter element and can be used for years times and times more.
9 ) How does it 100 % eliminate the risk of stopping on the sea or road ?
If water will be in your tabk your filter element will fail...But GOO-FAR Separator has a reusable and recleanable filter element..if water or some other dirt will come to your filter element or much water, you can just clean it and put it back to the separator...hundreds times...without needing a spare..
10 ) In which period , cost of the separator come back and saves money per year?
In 3-4 monhts time Depend on in which period you change your paper element ..Maybe in 2 months maybe 3-4 ....But surely at the end of 6 months you will have % 50 economi and the initial cost of the GOO-FAR separator will be constant for years while separator with paper filter elements will accelerating filter element costs.
1) How do you know the effect?
2) How reduces the cost?
3) Does Performance Kit effect the electronic compounds negatively
4) Also effective to use in Fuel Tanks?
5) Can be used also with the other flowing fuels?
6) How does it reduce smoke emissions of the engine?
7) Where can I install GOO-FAR Performance Kit and Filters on my system?
8) Fuel suppliers can not resolve problems, why?
9) How does GOO-FAR works ?
10 What is Diesel Fuel "ALGAE ?
11) What is Diesel Fuel?
12) What is the "stuff" that clogs my filters?
13) Can diesel fuel plug your filters?
14) How does fuel stability affect the user?
15) What is bad fuel?
16) What does Optimal Fuel Quality mean for me?
17) Is "Dark Fuel" the same as "Bad Fuel" and can I still use it?
18) How does my engine negatively impact fuel quality?
19) Isn t my filter supposed to keep my fuel system clean?
20) What are the problems related to long-term fuel storage?
21) How do we protect stored fuel?
22) Does low sulfur diesel fuel have enough lubricity?
1) How do you know the effect?
*** Since 30-40 years beginning in USA AirCraft Industry and Automotive Industry , Further tests conducted by several universities and technological development centers study the effects on a circulation system concluded that microbes can be kept at controllable levels even if installed after severe contamination.
The experiment was devised to determine the effect on a magnetically protected filter compared with an unprotected one when circulated with microbiologically contaminated fuel.
The result was that the unprotected filter became an ideal environment for microbiological growth and the filter became blocked. The protected one remained unblocked. The filter life was increased by a factor of 10. The results were so impressive that the scientists submitted them to the leading journal in the field of biological contamination for publication.
There are thousand of articles written by scientists in the literature about the magnetic field effect to fuels and more than half century , thousand of applications proved already the fact and reality of magnetic field effect on fuels
2) How reduces the cost?
*** By GOO-FAR Separator, the continual use of expensive and toxic biocides and the associated hazards are eliminated.
3) Does Performance Kit effect the electronic compounds negatively
*** Definitely NO! The field is depleted after it moves about 70mm from the unit. In addition, the field is absorbed by adjacent ferrite materials
4) Also effective to use in Fuel Tanks?
*** Yes! By periodically circulating the fuel through a GOO-FAR Performance Kit, the microbial matter can be maintained in a controlled, dormant condition.
5) Can be used also with the other flowing fuels?
*** Absolutely yes. Effective also for water pipes
6) How does it reduce smoke emissions of the engine?
*** Quite simply, the biological contamination is removed and fuel quality is improved. If the system is contaminated then as it becomes cleaner the combustion process improves, giving cleaner, faster and more complete combustion of the fuel injected into the combustion spaces.
7) Where can I install GOO-FAR Performance Kit and Filters on my system?
*** GOO-FAR™ breaks down the microbiological contamination to minute components so that it will pass through the filters into the engine and away in the exhaust. So the obvious place to install the GOO-FAR™ is in the fuel supply line between the talk and the fuel filter, this cleans the fuel before it enters any filtration or treatment unit.
8) Fuel suppliers can not resolve problems, why?
*** To keep moisture out of fuel systems and storage units is impossible. But it is the level of contamination that needs to be controlled.
9) How does GOO-FAR works ?
*** GOO-FAR™ is not a biocide; it does not kill the bug. It is a bio-control unit. It affects the living organism by disrupting its environment and breaking the biomass down into individual plasmolized cells of less than 1 micron in size. These pass through the fuel filter and burn up in the engine.
It not only disrupts the microbes growth cycle but also allow them to be flushed out; whereas biocides still require you to change all the filters and clean the whole system with more chemicals.
10 What is Diesel Fuel "ALGAE ?
*** Algae are a life form found in water, similar to algae growing in an aquarium. However, for years, people have been referring to tank sludge and to the jelly, slime and other contaminants found in fuel filters as "algae". The colloquialism "diesel fuel algae" is widely used and understood. However, there is no relationship between the "algae" growing in your aquarium and the sludge "growing" (forming) in your fuel tank and showing up on your filter elements.
There are three basic areas of concern in fuels and oil. They are: 1. water 2. in-organic debris (sand, dust, rust, etc.) and 3. organic debris (fuel breakdown products and waste products of fuel deterioration and re-polymerization). The organic debris represents more than 90% of all the contaminants found in fuels and oil. It is this organic debris, the sludgy, slimy, acidic material that people refer to as "diesel fuel algae". It could also be called polymer, tar or wax and asphalt!
11) What is Diesel Fuel?
*** Diesel fuel is a very complex mixture of thousands of individual compounds with carbon numbers between 9 and 23 (number of carbon atoms per hydrocarbon* molecule) Most of these compounds are members of the paraffinic, naphthenic or aromatic class of hydrocarbons (HC). These three classes have different chemical and physical properties. The different relative proportions of the three classes is one of the factors that make one diesel fuel different from another. It influences fuel properties and affects its performance.
Up until about 15-20 years ago, refineries used only about 50% of a barrel of crude oil to make distillates such as gasoline, jet fuel and diesel. The remainder of the barrel of crude oil went to "residual oil". Today, as a result of different refining techniques and additive packages, the refinery uses 90% or more of the same barrel of crude, which clearly has consequences for fuel stability.
More than 90% of the debris on filter elements and the sludge in our storage tanks is organic material, fuel and oil breakdown residue. In most cases, this debris is acidic and not good for your engine. It causes corrosion in injectors, pumps and storage tanks.
The solids that form as the result of the inherent instability of the fuel and the natural process of degradation will accumulate in the bottom of your tank. The sludge will form a coating or bio-film on the walls and baffles of the tank, plug your filters and impact combustion efficiency. Eventually it will clog fuel lines and ruin your equipment.
*Hydrocarbons are organic compounds composed entirely of carbon and hydrogen divided in four major classes: paraffins, naphthenes, olefins, and aromatics. These classes share common structural features but differ in size, (number of carbon atoms per molecule) and/or geometry. While hydrogen and carbon are the predominant elements in crude oil, small amounts of sulfur, nitrogen and oxygen are also present and referred to as hetero-atoms (other-atoms). Compounds containing hetero-atoms are non-hydrocarbons. Typical non-hydrocarbons found in diesel are dibenzothiophene and carbazole, which play a large role in determining certain fuel properties
12) What is the "stuff" that clogs my filters?
*** Filter plugging can have several causes. For example, low temperatures can cause wax crystallization, which can lead to filter plugging. An example would be using summer diesel in cold weather. Wax or paraffin is part of the diesel fuel. GOO-FAR is the answer to that problem.
Chemical incompatibility may cause dramatic filter plugging. This may happen when fuels with incompatible additive packages are mixed.
Contaminant build up resulting from excessive microbial growth and bio-degradation of fuel can cause filter plugging. Micro-organisms, bacteria and enzyme activity, fungus, yeast and mold cause fuel degradation and the formation of waste products. The process is similar to milk turning into cottage cheese, a different form of milk. Of all the microbial debris and waste products in the tank only about .01% is bugs. Even though microbes may cause and accelerate the process of fuel degradation, it should be clear that the waste products clogging your filter are not the microbes but fuel components which have formed solids.
Frequently, the application of a biocide aggravates the situation and turns bio-film into solids, creating a real fuel filter nightmare. Bio film develops through out the entire fuel system. It grows in the water fuel interface and on the walls, baffles, and bottoms of storage tanks. An unlucky end user may be filling up his tank and getting this debris delivered as a part of his fuel, for the same price as the fuel.
Poor thermal fuel stability can plug filters. Fuel will form particulates (solids) when exposed to pumps and the hot surfaces and pressure of the fuel injection system. This will result in an increase in asphaltene agglomerations, polymerization and a dramatic loss of combustion efficiency.
13) Can diesel fuel plug your filters?
*** Yes, it can. The stuff that clogs your filters is actually fuel in some way, shape or form. In excess of 90% of this organic debris are fuel breakdown products. It is not sand, dust, stones, rust or in-organic matter that blocks your filter.
The inorganic material like sand, dust and other particles will not cause your filters to clog. In fact, a lot of sand in a fuel filter would act as extra filtration. The pores between the sand particles are much larger than the pores in a standard fuel filter element. Sand filters are commonly used to filter water. A hair is approximately 80 micron and fuel filter elements range all the way from 30 micron for a prefilter to 2 micron in a fine filter.
14) How does fuel stability affect the user?
sure*** Fuel stability is a serious concern for the diesel fuel user.
The chemistry of diesel fuel instability involves the chemical conversion of precursors to species of higher molecular weight with limited solubility. The conversion process often involves oxidation of the precursors. Fuel solvency plays a role, since the development of insolubles is always a function of both the presence of higher molecular weight species and the fuel capacity to dissolve them.
We all realize that fuel is an unstable, organic liquid that goes "bad". Your vendor will always sell you the highest fuel quality possible. However, due to a variety of circumstances fuel may have "aged", oxidized and/or contain water. It may have been contaminated before it was delivered to you or to your vendor.
Fuel has to travel from the refinery to the end user destination. It is pumped through pipelines, barged, trucked and stored in tank farms. Diurnal changes in temperature and exposure to the atmosphere will cause condensation and water in storage systems. None of this will help improve fuel quality.
When your fuel is finally used, it is exposed to the heat and ofpres engine injection systems, centrifuges, pumps, heaters causing an increase in asphaltene agglomerations, which negatively impacts combustion efficiency and emissions.
15) What is bad fuel?
*** Fuel is made to certain ASTM specifications. When it does not meet these specs., we could refer to it as "bad fuel". However, we tend to refer to fuel as "bad fuel" when we see symptoms such as: -dark hazy fuel, -filter plugging. -sludge build up in tanks, -poor engine performance, -excessive smoke & emissions, -etc. We refer to fuel as "good fuel", when it is clear and bright. Or rather in that case, no reference is made at all to our fuel. We simply use it and take fuel quality and peak engine performance for granted. Bad fuel is fuel that does not meet ASTM specifications.
16) What does Optimal Fuel Quality mean for me?
*** Optimal Fuel Quality means Peak Engine Performance. New engines will retain maximum engine efficiency much longer using good quality fuel. GOO-FAR® treated fuel extends the life of both old and new engines.
GOO-FAR Fuel Performance Systems Optimizes Fuel Quality and eliminates the build up of organic solids, tank sludge, acid formation and clogged filters. It enhances combustion by reducing the size of the fuel droplet, eliminating carbon build up and reduces harmful exhaust.
The implementation of GOO-FAR Technology, lowers operating cost, brings equipment in compliance with the Clean Air Act, and deals with environmental concerns about smoke, particulate and oil sheen on the water.
17) Is "Dark Fuel" the same as "Bad Fuel" and can I still use it?
*** This is a question many of us have asked more than once. And what we really want to know is: "Will the stuff damage my engines?" Engines are expensive, ruining an engine is costly and operating an engine on "bad fuel" is not wise.
We all know that most engine failures start in the fuel tank. When all mechanical parts are in good operating condition, the cooling and lube systems are working, the lube oil is clean and there is a sufficient supply of clean air getting to the combustion chamber, a diesel engine or turbine could almost run forever. The only limiting factor is Fuel Quality. Dark fuel is symptomatic of poor quality and even though, in most cases, it can be used, fuel in this condition will provide poor combustion and filtration problems.
"Dark fuel" is in general indicative of oxidation and that the process of fuel degradation is in a far advanced stage. Hazy fuel is indicative of water emulsified in the fuel. In general, dark hazy fuel will not damage your engine. It indicates however, poor fuel quality, which will definitely not provide you with peak engine performance.
Using less than optimal fuel quality negatively impacts engine efficiency and accelerates the process that makes new engines old.
Diesel fuel can range from colorless, to amber or light brown color, depending on the crude oil and the refinery process used to produce it. In addition, dyes may be added to change the fuel color for tax identification purposes.
In time, stored fuel will darken due to oxidation, repolymerization and agglomeration of certain components. The darkening is accompanied by the formation of sediment that plugs filters and causes poor combustion. Fuel & Oil vendors suggest that if diesel fuel is stored for emergency use, it should be replaced with fresh fuel within a year, unless special precautions or remedial actions are taken.
18) How does my engine negatively impact fuel quality?
*** A diesel engine uses only some of the fuel it pulls from the tank. All of that fuel goes to the high-pressure fuel pump and to the injectors operating under enormous pressure and high temperatures.
The surplus fuel the engine is not using goes back to the tank. This fuel is continuously re-circulated and exposed to extreme pressure and heat, which results in the agglomeration of asphaltenes, the high carbon content, heavy end fuel molecules. It leads to the formation of larger and larger clusters and solids, which are very difficult to completely combust. These solids may grow so large that they will not pass through the filter element and become part of the polymer and sludge build up plugging the filter.
In addition, the hot fuel coming back to the tank will raise the fuel temperature in the tank, cause condensation and contribute to microbial contamination, fuel break down, bio fouling and the build up of sludge and acid.
Large fuel droplets and high asphaltene concentrations require more time, more energy and higher temperatures to combust than is available in engines during the combustion cycle and before the exhaust valve opens.
Any device in the fuel system exposing the fuel to stress (heat and pressure) such as pumps, heaters, or centrifuges will increase the formation of asphaltenes and negatively impact combustion.
19) Isn t my filter supposed to keep my fuel system clean?
*** Well, filtration simply cannot and will not do that. At best, filters, separators and centrifuges remove debris suspended in the fuel before the fuel reaches the engine. Stopping, preventing or reversing the process of fuel breakdown is a completely different matter that can be addressed and resolved with GOO-FAR® Performance Kits. It is not very likely that filtration, (either the filter on the engine, or an external filtration system) will remove the sludge coating from the walls and baffles of your storage tank and the use of biocides will almost always aggravate the situation. Filtration has no effect on fuel break down processes whatsoever.
Filters are primarily designed to remove in-organic debris from the fluid stream and, as we have seen, they become clogged with organic debris, resulting from fuel degradation. The water separator is designed to remove free-water. However, a separator, filter combination or centrifuge cannot remove emulsified water. Free water in fuel can simply be removed from the fuel stream with the use of a water separator. Several well-known and very efficient combination Filter/Water separator devices are on the market. They are essential in any diesel engine application.
Simple in-organic debris, dust, sand, rust, etc. can easily be removed from the fuel stream with a filter. That is what the filter was made for. This in-organic material will be trapped in the filter without clogging it. Most of the debris we see on the filter elements (the stuff that plugs our filters) is the result of the fuel having begun to form solids.
20) What are the problems related to long-term fuel storage?
*** Temperature, humidity and condensation are very important factors in managing fuel integrity. The presence of free water provides the medium for microbiological growth that results in the formation of slime and acids causing corrosion of metal surfaces such as storage tanks, pumps, injectors, etc.
Other key factors leading to fuel deterioration, polymerization, and stratification in storage tanks are chemical incompatibility and stress caused by heat and pressure of pumps, centrifuges, and heaters. Since most diesel engines return considerable amounts of fuel back to the tank, it is easy to see that the engine itself contributes to fuel deterioration.
21) How do we protect stored fuel?
*** Good housekeeping and purchasing clean, dry fuel from a reputable supplier are definitely step one.
In applications, such as emergency power generation, we recommend installing a fuel re-circulation/filtration system like the fully automated GOO-FAR Fuel Perfromance and Filtration System.
These commercial high capacity systems typically have the following basic components: a pump, an GOO-FAR Fuel Performance Kit, a filter/water separator, a water block or fine filter, a timer, and an electronically controlled monitoring systems with alarms.
Traditionally, biocides and filtration were the only treatment available. In many cases, we have seen that this regime caused more harm than good. The use of an adequate fuel quality management program and service, regular fuel testing to monitor fuel integrity are an absolute necessity and will save money. Periodically adding stabilizer is another common practice used for example with nuclear power plants, which all have back-up diesel powered generators.
22) Does low sulfur diesel fuel have enough lubricity?
*** Generally - Yes. Even though the process used to lower the sulfur in diesel can also remove some of the components that give the fuel its lubricity.
PLS email us any questions in your mind ..We will try to reply here as soon as we can
info@goo-far.com
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