this as the “holy grail” of fuel maintenance. At present it is possible to control the problem with a combination of filtering, regular filter inspection, testing and treatment (including biocides, fuel polishing and mechanical cleaning). This can be time consuming and expensive, but is considerably more straightforward and cheaper than dealing with any resulting tank and engine damage. Testing before bunkering, to avoid taking contaminated fuel on-board, is now an option with the introduction of the new 10 minute FUELSTAT® test.
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Being based on a scientific technique called immunoassay FUELSTAT® can be done on board by anyone with the minimal of instruction. There are no special measures that need to be taken for sterility, FUELSTAT® is only looking for microbes that thrive and do damage in middle distillate fuels such as Diesel.
FUELSTAT® also comes with free to download FUELSTAT® Result. Working with most IOS and Android smartphones all the tester does is hover the phone over the
test and the result will be given instantly and sent to a secure portal for record keeping. Absolutely no doubt about result, and the possibility of any mistakes in reading test, and paperless record of results.
Conidia Bioscience is expanding rapidly into the marine diesel sector, with the FUELSTAT® Diesel Plus test. The onsite fuel test can be run wherever fuel is manufactured, stored, distributed or used and is capable of detecting all known organisms which grow in fuel and in fuel systems. The objective of this test is to provide rapid screening of fuel samples (water in fuel or fuel), giving a quick and accurate assessment of H Res, bacteria & other fungi including yeasts in the fuel tank. This test is unlike current growth-based tests which require a minimum of 72 hours to provide any results. The test measures the amount of active growth in the sample and provides action and alert levels.
Please feel free to contact the FUELSTAT® team on any matter regarding questions about management of microbial contamination of fuel.
GET IN TOUCH
Contact Conidia on +44 1491 820 9102
Email:
info@conidia.com Web:
www.conidia.com Social media - join the conversation #dieselbug
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We thought we would share with you a couple of photographs taken from a marine vessel in Asia, clearly highlighting the issues of Diesel Bug. If it gets as bad as this then there is going to be a significant risk of something breaking down and leading to additional costs to repair. The Vessel
was changing filters so often that they wanted a second opinion so requested FUELSTAT to do a test.
This photo is also of another filter clogged with this diesel bug infestation.
For any further information regarding FUELSTAT Diesel Fuel Plus Fuel Test Kit please do not hesitate to contact my colleague
david@conidia.com (Business Development).
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