In this instance storage life expectancy is six months to a year.
Fuel news long term storage of diesel.
Under optimal conditions and assuming the quality of the diesel fuel is high you can expect it to last for up to one year or more.
Guidelines for long term fuel storage of diesel and storage tanks posted by.
For biocide we use valvtect bioguard fuel microbiocide to kill any possible biological activity and prevent any chance of it starting.
It was demonstrated that hydrotreating makes it possible to achieve more complete stabilization than using additives.
Even without treating it diesel fuel will last for a year with no problems at all.
The main enemies of diesel fuel storage are algae and water.
A fuel was hydrotreated at different severity levels and the effect on stabilization was shown.
The diesel fuel that is typically seen today is actually ultra low sulfur diesel fuel or also referred to as ulsd.
Bell performance when fuel prices went sky high with no sign of coming down long term fleets and fuel using entities like city governments were forced to rethink their strategies on protecting their budgets through how they use their fuel.
Bp has issued a document detailing best practice for the long term storage of diesel.
All fuels are somewhat hygroscopic meaning they attract water molecules.
However with the new formulation ulsd will typically won t last much more than about 6 months.
Generally to prolong the life of the quality of stored diesel fuel it should.
Be treated with biocides and stabilizers and.
Be kept cool at around 70 degrees fahrenheit.
Even the fuel companies supplying the diesel agree.
Star oil can also deliver treated diesel ready for long term storage complete with hydrotex powerkleen premium diesel additive to improve the long term storage quality of your fuel.
The fuel can only be stored from 6 to 12 months on average sometimes longer under the best conditions.
At higher temperatures 86 degrees fahrenheit and above this estimate decreases.
Have been clean in the first place.
12 months or longer at an ambient of 20ºc.
Under normal storage conditions diesel fuel can be expected to stay in a useable condition for.
6 12 months at an ambient temperature higher than 30ºc.
It s just an inherently stable product.