Bio-Diesel and Clogged Fuel Filters. Potential Generator Problems.

Heating Fuel oil and road diesel (of the white and red nature) are pretty well the same product ie 28 sec oil - and can be (and often are) used interchangeably.


Take a read through the parameters of "Gel Point ", "UnGel Point", "Pour Point" and "Remix Temperature" - and then look at the effects of additives including cetane enhancers such as Ad Blue, on those parameters. Water produced from condensation inside partially filled tanks is usually another thing to be avoided


It's not unusual to combine "winter diesel" additives with engineered solutions such as heated filter units, recirculation pumps and tank heaters to absolutely ensure the critical functions of the generator don't fail due to simple fuel problems. A simple method for static sets is to just start the generator as the external temperature falls - ie switch on at say minus 6C and falling and back off at say minus 4 and rising. The heat from the set tends to keep everything warm  - and you may actually have the set running if you suffer a cold weather loss of offsite power (LOOP) event.


No genset should fail due to low temperature fuel problems if it's designed correctly - what catches most people out is the realisation of the extreme event - it's easy to predict - but difficult to get the investment to address as part of initial capital expenditure. Healthcare premises tend to make the investment as a back up - but in most cases, the Medico's can keep you alive with literally no power availability - although you don't want a scenario of nurses riding on patient trolleys busy with bagging and compressions and a rising sense of panic beginning to surround you


regards


OMS

Heating Fuel oil and road diesel (of the white and red nature) are pretty well the same product ie 28 sec oil - and can be (and often are) used interchangeably.


Take a read through the parameters of "Gel Point ", "UnGel Point", "Pour Point" and "Remix Temperature" - and then look at the effects of additives including cetane enhancers such as Ad Blue, on those parameters. Water produced from condensation inside partially filled tanks is usually another thing to be avoided


It's not unusual to combine "winter diesel" additives with engineered solutions such as heated filter units, recirculation pumps and tank heaters to absolutely ensure the critical functions of the generator don't fail due to simple fuel problems. A simple method for static sets is to just start the generator as the external temperature falls - ie switch on at say minus 6C and falling and back off at say minus 4 and rising. The heat from the set tends to keep everything warm  - and you may actually have the set running if you suffer a cold weather loss of offsite power (LOOP) event.


No genset should fail due to low temperature fuel problems if it's designed correctly - what catches most people out is the realisation of the extreme event - it's easy to predict - but difficult to get the investment to address as part of initial capital expenditure. Healthcare premises tend to make the investment as a back up - but in most cases, the Medico's can keep you alive with literally no power availability - although you don't want a scenario of nurses riding on patient trolleys busy with bagging and compressions and a rising sense of panic beginning to surround you


regards


OMS