ALGAE-X provides a Total Fuel Management System that will provide all users of diesel fuel with protection, performance, fuel economy and lower maintenance costs. It doesn’t matter if your diesel engine is on a sailboat, large recreational fishing cruiser, luxury yacht, heavy truck or equipment, involves a large diesel fuel consumer with multiple storage tanks, or back-up generation systems for industry or emergency management. The ALGAE-X system solves your diesel fuel problems.
You may need to start by determining if you have a problem. If you’re thinking about it, then you probably do. Look first for the symptoms of diesel fuel deterioration: clogged and slimy filters, dark, hazy fuel, sludge build up in tanks, loss of power and rpm, excessive exhaust smoke, corroded and pitted injectors, or foul smelling fuel.
If you have been treating your diesel fuel with a biocide, but still find you have the symptoms of fuel deterioration, you have looked far enough. Commonly used chemical testing procedures will show a negative presence of bacterial and fungal growth as a result of the biocides. Concluding that the fuel is in acceptable condition and the fuel system is healthy because of the lack of active bacterial or fungal growth would be a misinterpretation of test results. This does not mean that the diesel fuel is in acceptable condition.
The Liqui-Cult test we recommend should not be used to determine if the diesel fuel is within specifications, but rather to determine a baseline for diesel fuel condition before installation of the ALGAE-X Fuel Management System appropriate to your application. After the Fuel Management System has done its job, test again to monitor diesel fuel quality and periodically as necessary. Monitor the presence of other factors (the “symptoms” noted before installation of the MFC unit) to confirm that the system is performing to your expectations.
If your diesel fuel system demonstrates the symptoms outlined above, procedures for removal of water in the tank bottom should be the first step. The extent of water contamination can be determined using Kolor Kut Water Finding Paste on a rod inserted into the tank. A small siphon can be used to determine the condition (visual signs of growth) of the water. If a large amount of water is present, the water should be pumped out. The ALGAE-X Portable Tank Cleaning System (TCK) or the Mobil Tank Cleaning (MTC) unit allows you to pump water off the bottom of your fuel tank. Since every tank configuration is unique, and sometimes the access to a tank is only the fuel filler neck, it may be necessary for you to customize a soft copper pipe to snake into the bottom of the tank. Pump the water from the tank bottom into a bucket for proper disposal. After all the free water that can be removed has been removed, small residual amounts of water can be delt with using the AFC-705 Diesel Fuel Catalyst. The AFC additive will emulsify the residual water and allow it to be cirulated during the next phase of the fuel polishing process. Using a water-block filter in the TCK, MTC or FPS system will remove the emulsified water from the fuel.
As an ongoing preventative maintenance procedure, water in the fuel tank can be dealt with by using the Water Eliminator. The Water Eliminator can be kept in the tank and monitored at each refueling to determine the presence of water. Additional diesel fuel filtration and water removal can be achieved with the installation of a supplemental Fuel Filter/Water Separator.
The addition of ALGAE-X AFC-705 Diesel Fuel Catalyst, or AFC-805 plus Anti-Gel will enhance and accelerate the tank cleaning process by breaking down, dispersing, and dissolving existing tank sludge and slime, stabilize and restore fuel quality, decontaminate compartments of the tank that are out of reach of the suction line, and eliminating costly tank cleaning and fuel disposal fees. Treatment with the ALGAE-X Magnetic Fuel Conditioner (MFC) completes the process of making the diesel fuel clear, bright, and usable. Utilizing a commercial fuel cleaning service that re-circulates the diesel fuel through a mobile diesel fuel cleaning system before using the AFC-705 and installation of the MFC is not necessary. It is also not necessary in most instances to pump the tank and incur the expense of disposing of "bad fuel". Save your money! Use the AFC-705 periodically to provide peak engine performance: removes and prevents carbon build up, improves combustion, lowers fuel consumption, adds lubricity to low sulfur fuel, prevents corrosion of injectors, reduces harmful emissions, and extends equipment life.
Installation of the MFC, in most instances, is an easy do-it-yourself process. Purchase the size based on fuel line port size and flow requirements. Locate the MFC unit between the fuel tank and the primary filter. There are various installations available for multiple tank systems. In applications involving more than one engine, an MFC should be installed on each engine fuel line. Various sizes are available to accommodate fuel line diameters from 1/4” to 2”, and larger for bulk tank installations and other uses. For very large or industrial installions, the FC Series of Magnetic Fuel Conditioners are available. The MFC is made in the U.S.A. and comes with a lifetime warranty.
The MFC only works, however, when the diesel fuel circulates through it. In applications where the diesel engine is used less than intermittently or only every several weeks, then the ALGAE-X Fuel Polishing System (FPS or TC Systems) will be required to periodically polish the diesel fuel and maintain the clear and bright character of the fuel that is critical to optimum performance. A manually operated timer is set to run the diesel fuel through an MFC and filter/dewater unit for several hours, maintaining fuel quality. If an application requires a custom re-circulation system, Carter Fuel Pumps, replacement fuel filters, water sensors, flow meters, hoses, and other components are available. Digital fuel flow recording meters and a fuel pressure gauge showing pressure drop can assist in determining when fuel filters need changed, instead of changing the filter at a predetermined, arbitrary interval.
In applications where automatic periodic polishing is necessary, unattended remote treatment poses risks. The ALGAE-X STS Units incorporate a four-stage fuel conditioning and filtration system that includes all safety and control devices for remote operation in an isolated compartment inside the fully enclosed weatherproof system cabinet. This system is ideal for critical back-up generator systems (hospitals, data centers, emergency police/fire departments, etc.) or large marine applications.
Many commercial and industrial maintenance operations require the cleaning and treatment of multiple tank systems. In situations where a marina services multiple vessels, a service operation must treat back-up generator facilities in numerous locations, or an industrial facility has numerous tanks distributed over far-reaching locations, the ALGAE-X Mobil Tank Cleaning (MTC) unit handles fuel filtration, MFC treatment, and water removal from tanks. The unit is mounted on a cart and easily transported to the tank for use on a scheduled basis.
If you are a small business owner that utilizes low-volume tanks and need only occasional fuel cleaning and polishing, a farmer that needs to treat fuel tanks on only a couple pieces of equipment or a generator, or a homeowner that wants to maintain their own backup power generator, sometimes bigger is not better. ALGAE-X has a portable, hand-carried, Portable Tank Cleaning Kit (TK 180) that is ideal for economical treatment of diesel fuel or for occasional fluid transfer needs. These units are 12- or 24-volt and weigh under 10-pounds. Accessories are available to upgrade these portable unts with a fuel strainer and supplemental fuel filter/water separator.
The results of utilizing the ALGAE-X Systems can only be fully appreciated after your own investment in a system, but there are numerous reports that demonstrate that installations greatly benefit both small and large volume installations. A U.S. Coast Guard report provides a bottom-line analysis showing a recovery of investment within six months, demonstrating the breadth of system benefits.
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Frequent diesel fuel filter changes and the expensive and time consuming task of cleaning diesel fuel tanks have become acceptable periodic maintenance instead of a warning signal for diesel engine failure. Diesel fuel filter elements should last a thousand hours or more, and injectors some 15,000 hours. However, since diesel fuel is inherently unstable, solids begin to form and the accumulating tank sludge will eventually clog your diesel fuel filters, ruin your injectors and cause diesel engines to smoke.
Clogged and slimy filters
ALGAE-X provides a Total Fuel Management System that will provide all users of diesel fuel with protection, performance, fuel economy and lower maintenance costs. It doesn’t matter if your diesel engine is on a sailboat, large recreational fishing cruiser, luxury yacht, heavy truck or equipment, involves a large diesel fuel consumer with multiple storage tanks, or back-up generation systems for industry or emergency management. The ALGAE-X system solves your diesel fuel problems.
