How Clean are My Fuel Storage Tanks?
Advanced Fuel Services (AFS) is a division of Frost Oil that offers a complete line of services designed to ensure the quality and integrity of your fuel. Utilizing trained technicians and state of the art technology, AFS can diagnose, treat and solve a wide range of problems that are a threat to today’s motor fuels.
AFS is one of the few companies in our marketing area that offers fuel polishing, which is the technical cleaning process used to filter and remove contaminants from stored fuel. In addition, we recommend and implement programs designed to prevent future problems through the use of fuel analysis, tank cleaning and additive programs.
- Visibly dark or black fuel
- Signs of floating debris in the fuel
- Fuel filters covered with black and/or slime
- Unusually short fuel filter life
- Sludge in the tank
- Water in the tanks
- Rust and corrosion
- Smoke from engine exhaust
- Filter plugging
- Low MPG
Tank Evaluation Process:
- Your Frost Oil representative will gather a sample from the bottom of your tank.
- Samples will be tested and evaluated and may take up to 72 hours for results.
- The results will be communicated and course of action determined.
For quality issues contact:
Tank Evaluation Process:
- Your Frost Oil representative will gather a sample from the bottom of your tank.
- Samples will be tested and evaluated and may take up to 72 hours for results.
- The results will be communicated and course of action determined.
For quality issues contact:
Our Fuel Polishing Process
Common Fuel Contaminants
Water
Water is the most damaging contaminant found in fuel and is the primary catalyst to additional fuel breakdown. All tanks will have water at one time or another. Free water gathers at the bottom of the tank usually as a result of condensation on the interior walls. It is not uncommon to find one or two inches of water in a fuel storage tank. Water in a fuel system can lead to bacteria, fungi and mold growth. Free, emulsified and dissolved water can be removed with our Fuel Polishing Unit.
Fuel contaminated by microbial activity is enough for an engine manufacturer to deny warranty of the fuel system. Microbial growth cannot exist without water and condensate on exposed surfaces. Microbes attack the fuel and additive directly. They also cause secondary problems, including sludge formation, fouling and corrosion. Left unchecked, bacterial grow can form layers of biomass in a tank that can cause total shutdown.
Bacteria
Bacteria
Fuel contaminated by microbial activity is enough for an engine manufacturer to deny warranty of the fuel system. Microbial growth cannot exist without water and condensate on exposed surfaces. Microbes attack the fuel and additive directly. They also cause secondary problems, including sludge formation, fouling and corrosion. Left unchecked, bacterial grow can form layers of biomass in a tank that can cause total shutdown.
Particulate
Particulates in a fuel injector system at 60,000 PSI can act just like a sandblaster to injector components. Particulates are solids such as dirt, dust, rust, ferrous metals and residue left from microbial activity. Modern engines require a cleaner fuel and fuel flows at higher pressure than ever before. Under high pressure, particulates can cause direct abrasive wear in fuel system components. Damage that is caused by hard particulates is considered inadequate fuel quality and not a “factory defect”.
