Due to a problem with a tank heater, the hospital knew they had a fuel problem and hired a company to remove the old fuel from their storage tanks. Eighteen inches of solids were found in the tanks that needed to be chiseled out.

The STS-6000-10GPM was purchased from Chris Massie with Atlantic Detroit Diesel-Allison, LLC. This is the first of 8 16,000 gallon storage tanks that are being converted to No 2 diesel. As more tanks are cleaned, more STS systems will be installed.

International Dredging Review	Captains Log	Diesel Today	Via Mare	Power and Motoryacht	Passage Maker
DIY Boat Owner	Dredging & Port Construction	Boat U.S. July 2003	Maritime Reporter	Road Magazine	FleetWatch Magazine
Yacht Magazine	Dockside February 2003	Coastal Boating	Boating World	Transportation Equipment News	La Regata (Espanol)
Mattig Times	Mining Weekly	Motorboating & Yachting August	Nautical Mile	Ensign December 2001	Professione Nautica
Technautic Catalogus	L'Echo	Diesel Progress	Trade-A-Boat February 2003	New England Farm Bulletin	Boat & Motor Dealer
Loisirs Nautiques	Marine News	Safe Sea Online	Light & Medium Truck	American Yacht Review	DIY Boat Owner
Le Marin	World Dredging Review	Latitude & Attitudes	Diesel & Gas Turbine	Family Motor Coaching	Utility Fleet
PompShop	ViaMare	Marina Life	Diesel Progress Nov 2009	ViaMare

WattNow Electrical Engineering Magazine Interviews ALGAE-X International Rep to Discuss Diesel Fuel Contamination

Fort Myers, FL – In WattNow’s article “Contaminated Diesel Fuel Poses a Serious Risk in Standby Generators,” ALGAE-X International (AXI) representative Ron Mattig, MD of Clear Fuel Technologies, South Africa, discusses the crucial and often neglected element of reliable generator operations, poor diesel fuel quality.

“It’s a known fact that in Southern Africa, the quality of diesel fuel is questionable at best, but the situation with standby generators is exacerbated because of their infrequent usage. Standard maintenance procedures generally exclude testing and resolving fuel integrity, yet fuel is the root cause of most genset failures,” said Mattig.

WattNow reports that 85% of engine failures in gensets are fuel related, posing a severe risk to reliable operations. Fuel tanks are a perfect environment for contaminants including sludge that clogs filters and injectors resulting in engine damage and generator failure.  Injection systems and pumps have very tight tolerances and operate at extremely high pressures. These systems are critical and demand high quality fuel to comply with the specification of  the engine manufacturer.. Regularly replacing the stored fuel these generators rely on does not fix the problem of because contaminants remain on tank walls and baffles, contaminating all of the new fuel that is stored in the tank.

Mattig presented these facts recently to the Durban Branch of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE), saying afterward that the presentation was an eye opener for the attendees.

Mattig’s company, Clear Fuel Technologies, supplies AXI Fuel Conditioning Systems and fuel decontamination services through a network of South African distributors. Solutions include on-site tank cleaning with AXI’s advanced technology that extracts water, debris and contaminants while simultaneously conditioning the fuel in place to reverse the deterioration processes that occur in diesel fuel. Clear Fuel Technologies, offers AXI’s maintenance and monitoring systems that continually condition fuel, ensuring the pristine quality needed by today’s advanced gensets.

Read the complete article from WattNow magazine at: http://www.algae-x.net/news/industry/watt-now

We have the STS-6000-4GPM installed on a 4,000 gallon tank. There is a 500 gallon day tank that is, at the moment, unprotected. Both tanks will be treated with AFT-705 (actually put in the day tank) and then the fuel will be periodically transferred back to the bulk tank. Treated fuel will then be loaded into the day tank once a month or quarter…

The STS is actually mounted below the fuel level. The suction line, with a ball valve on the bottom, is about 1/2” off the bottom of the tank. Fuel is drawn UP to the ceiling of the room (about 4 feet from the top of the tank) and then drops about 10 feet to the STS system. The vacuum created by the fall of the fuel and the ball valve in the bottom of the pick-up tube, create an almost zero vacuum situation for the pump. The fuel is almost pushed to it!!

The generator is in a separate room from the tank. The yellow pipes you see running through the wall are the supply and return lines. A very clean, almost pretty (in an industrial diesel fuel sense) install.

Engines1, a long-standing distributor of AXI Fuel Optimization and Conditioning Systems, will be exhibiting the AXI product line at the Multi Agency Craft Conference (MACC), June 14, through June 16, 2011.  The conference provides a forum for open exchange and discussion between government agencies and maritime suppliers.

The event will be held at the Joint Expeditionary Base in Little Creek – Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Virginia.  During the conference, fuel experts from Engines1 and AXI will have the opportunity to speak with members of the Department of Defense and other government agencies regarding mission-critical operational readiness of boats and crafts in the military arena.  Engines1 and AXI will present details about the importance of fuel quality and fuel maintenance with respect to engine reliability, and exhibit systems that are engineered to meet that need.

Be sure to stop by the Engines1 display, located at Booth SD23.

Click for more information about Engines1 and MACC.

Contaminated diesel fuel poses a serious risk in standby generators

By Ron Mattig

While standby generators are the most effective form of providing power in the event of outages or load shedding, one of the most neglected, but essential elements of generator operations, is ensuring that the diesel fuel in the standby tanks is uncontaminated.

It's a known fact that in South Africa, the quality of diesel fuel is questionable at best, but the situation with standby generators is exacerbated because of their infrequent usage. Standard maintenance procedures generally exclude testing and resolving fuel integrity, yet fuel is the root cause of most genset failures.

Statistics have shown that 85% of engine failures in gensets are fuel related.

Diesel, like mil, deteriorates over time, forming bacteria and sludge, which poses a severe risk to a reliable operation. This sludge results in plugged filters and fuel system damage, ultimately leading to engine failure.

This is especially the case with new generation engines, its precision injectors and pumps demand high quality fuel to run these engines, as the manufacturer intended. Anything less is guaranteed to cuase premature failure.

Once a contaminanat accumulates in the tank, it will continue to pollute the fuel that passes through it. In the past, tank cleaning was a generally neglected maintenance item. It was only attended to in extreme circumstances due to the cost, waste factor and down time that accompanied this procedure.

"All these factors are exacerbated with gensets because they stand idle for long periods of time meaning that the diesel deteriorates faster than frequently used engines making them more vulnerable to failure," explains Ron Mattig, MD at Clear Fuel Technologies and fellow SAIEE Member.

His recent presentation to members of the Durban Branch of the SAIEE on maintaining and monitoring fuel quality in stand-by environments was, according to those who attended, indeed an eye opener. HIs company supplies the range of Algae-X Fuel Conditioning and Decontamination Technology which has been delivering solutions to cmbat poor quality fuel for more than 11 years in Southern Africa, through a netowrk of approved distributors.

It offers a complete range of products and services including a mobile diesel tank cleaning and sampling service. They bring the mobile tank cleaning equipment on site to determine the quality of the fuel, and if required, carry out a tank cleaning service. This is a cost effective, simple procedure, without any of the previously mentioned negatives.

The process doesn't only involve the extraction of water and ebris, which is currently offered in the market, but it also includes the additional vital requirements of comprehensive fuel and environment remediation. These comprise:

• Removal of tank bottom/free water, debris and solid contaminants.
• Removal of bio-film build up (accumulation on tank walls and if applicable, baffles/supports).
• Removal of entrained, and more importantly, emulsified water.
• Elimination of all microbe/bacterial growth and foreign activity from the entire fuel environment, without the use of toxic biocides (not just the visible microbe components on the water interface).
• Remediate the actual fuel integrity, bu reversing the natural and accelerated deterioration process that occurs in diesel fuel.

In addition to this service, a range of maintenance and monitoring systems are offered, which continually maintaing and monitor quality of fuel in the tanks. In the event of severe contaminant levels being detected, an alarm is triggered, thus allowing for a pro-active response. Systems are available to handle tank sizes from 100 litres to 1,000,000 litres.

In closing his presentation, Mattig made the following analogy: As with people who require clean, contaminant-free water to survive, diesel engiens require clean diesel to perform as their manufacturers designed them to.

ALGAE-X International (AXI), manufacturer of diesel fuel quality optimization systems and equipment, will exhibit at the 2012 Miami International Boat Show, Miami Beach, FL from February 16-20th. Visit AXI at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Booth 4071.

“Once again, AXI is looking forward to participating in the one of the world’s largest boating events. We always enjoy visiting with our loyal friends and customers from all over the world and enjoy hearing their success stories associated with our products,” said Wout Lisseveld, AXI’s CEO.

AXI will display a full line of SMART Fuel Polishing Systems that condition and stabilize fuel, keeping it dry and free from microbial contamination. Using AXI’s systems and equipment ensures fuel tanks stay clean and fuel is pristine condition, eliminating problems including clogged filters, damaged injectors, excessive smoke and emissions and unexpected downtime.

AXI’s patented Green Certified technologies and equipment restores, optimizes, and maintains fuel quality, guaranteeing peak engine performance and reliable power while lowering operating costs. AXI’s commitment to customer service and superior engineering has propelled the company to a leadership position in the market and promoted a more efficient use our planet’s non-renewable resources.

AXI is represented across North America and in more than 70 countries worldwide. AXI fuel maintenance systems and equipment are available through major engine distributors, marine equipment distributors, fuel storage tank manufacturers, and also through factory trained resellers and representatives.

Purchase Tickets Online

The Fallsview Casino is Canada’s largest gaming resort, located on a cli overlooking the worldrenowned Horseshoe Falls of Niagara. If the generators of a $1 billion casino don’t function properly during a power failure the revenue from the gaming stops. To ensure that the two tanks that hold the 66,000 liters of emergency diesel fuel are always optimized, Perfect Fuel Preservation Ltd. recommended two AXI STS-6000-10gpm automated fuel ltration systems.

3,000 slot machines, 130 gaming tables, 374 luxury hotel rooms, and 1,500 seat theater require reliable power, and follow the Life Safety Codes by the NFPA to ensure the “…construction, protection, and occupancy features necessary to minimize danger to life…” . Canada’s Technical Safety Standards Association inspects and enforces public safety codes for all systems like the AXI STS-6000-10gpm, which passed with compliments on the high grade of engineering and assembly.

ALGAE-X International Expands World Headquarters

FORT MYERS, FL – ALGAE-X International (AXI), manufacturers of diesel fuel quality optimization equipment, is expanding their Fort Myers headquarters. AXI is more than doubling its production, assembly and office space in the Billy Creek Industrial Park, adjacent to I-75.

“Our expansion will be completed in the first quarter of 2012 and will provide work for our growing team of employees and for local contractors and tradesmen,” said Ed Conrad, company spokesperson.

“Both our domestic and export business are rapidly growing. AXI is working with clients and new partners more than ever before in South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Expanding the size of our facilities here in Southwest Florida enables us to accommodate this growth and to continue to adequately service our customers in these markets,” said Wout Lisseveld, AXI’s CEO.

AXI’s patented Green Certified technologies and equipment optimizes, restores and maintains fuel quality guaranteeing peak engine performance and reliable power while lowering operating costs. AXI’s commitment to customer service and superior engineering has propelled the company to a leadership position in the market and promoted a more efficient use our planet’s non-renewable resources.

AXI is represented across North America and in more than 70 countries worldwide. AXI fuel maintenance systems and equipment are available through major engine distributors, fuel storage tank manufacturers, and also through factory trained resellers and representatives.