FuelT_s performs fuel testing to determine the stability and filterability of fuels.  These fuel characteristics are important to control filter pluggage, which ultimately results in slow flow or complete system shutdown. 

 FuelT_s provides routine analysis of fuels for color, clarity, water, sediment, filterability, density and microbial growth using prescribed ASTM methods.  Our testing is focused on fuel flowability characterization, and if used routinely, can establish trends to determine when fuels need to be treated, regenerated, and/or replaced.  Our’s is a in-house, non-certifiable laboratory, simply there to support intelligent decision making on how often fuels need to be treated for water removal, biocide addition, stabilizer treatment, filtered, and similar.  A qualitative overall fuel condition as being excellent, very good, good, fair or poor is reached.   Routine fuel testing is important, and arguably mandatory in cases where fuels are stored for long periods of time in standby emergency generators where lost of power for even short intervals can be disastrous.

Collected fuel samples should be taken from the bottom of the tank by a commercially available sampling bomb (a collection system which allows lowering a specially designed container into a tank which opens at a set point).  A one pint,  or 500 ml, sample is adequate.  A second sample, 12” to 18” above tank bottom, is also recommended.  Wear gloves and safety glasses when sampling or handling fuels.  Send the samples along with location information and observations (water in tank, filter plugging occurring, odors fuels, etc) to FuelT_s, 189 Atwater St., Plantsville, CT, 06479, 203-395-4837.