Gasoline and diesel fuels each have unique problems in todays manufacturing environment. The introduction of sustainable fuels can have unintended consequences when it comes to storage, long-term storage, and effect upon the fuel system. Common issues with gasoline include gumming, fouling, water, corrosion, and sludge. Common issues with diesel fuel include fouling, water, corrosion, sludge, bacterial growth and microbial induced corrosion (MIC).
Our additives contains the right combination of filming amines blended with lubricity compounds, injector cleaners, and other proprietary ingredients that will ensure that your fuel meets the highest quality and performance standards. We take advantage of filming amines to effectively dissolve existing sludge, prevent new sludge, and completely stop internal corrosion of tanks, lines, and engines — even in the presence of free water. According to our testing, no other additive can make this claim .
Our additives have been tested against many products on the market in their ability to inhibit sludge formation and protect steel surfaces against fouling and corrosion in the presence of free water (condensation) and biological contamination. It immediately begins to dissolve suspended microbial contamination and pushes it to the bottom of the jar. The fuel clarifies making it suitable for use, it then leaves a microscopic anti-corrosion coating that protects all surfaces. It continues to dissolve the remaining microbial contamination and prevents further bio-mass development. Each of our additives starts with this core chemistry and is further changed depending upon its use, as you will see in each of the additive offerings.
We test all of our chemical additives using an new testing practice from the ASTM International, the world standard for testing and measurement. Most, if not all, chemical additive manufacturers are opposing this test as it provides laboratory proof of what each additive does inside the tanks, lines, and engines. IFS welcomes this test as it provides laboratory proof of what our additive does inside the tanks, lines, and engines.
Glass jars are filled with fuel oil or diesel fuel, a small amount of water, a steel panel or "coupon", and a small amount of sludge. One jar serves as the "control" and receives no additive. Each of the other jars is treated with an additive at the manufacturer's recommended dose. The jars are then loosely capped and placed in a dark box or closet. Once a month the jars are opened, most of the fuel is removed and replaced with fresh fuel, and the jars are re-treated with their respective additives. This process is repeated until, after 12 to 18 months, the "control" coupon has become well fouled. At that point all jars are compared and scored based on: 1. Fouling of the coupon surfaces 2. Corrosion of the coupon (by weight loss) 3. General growth of sludge (determined by pouring contents through a strainer) Each jar is scored on a scale of 0-10, with the "control" scoring a "2" in each category. In any category, a score of less than "2" indicates the additive was actually worse than no treatment at all and a score of "10" indicates that additive was perfect in that regard. The maximum score a chemical could attain is 30.
The list of chemicals being tested is continually being updated, see below for a list of chemicals completed through June 2021.
This is some of the pictures of the actual coupons that are inside the test jars and evidence of what is happening inside your system (Tanks, lines, injectors, engines, etc…).
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