Fuel Contamination: A common challenge
Diesel fuel contamination is a widespread issue that can occur at multiple points along the supply chain. From the moment fuel leaves the refinery to when it enters your machinery, it faces numerous opportunities to pick up contaminants. These include water ingress during storage, microbial growth in tanks, and solid particles that can compromise fuel quality. Left unchecked, these contaminants can lead to fuel degradation, clogged filters, and even full engine breakdowns.
Contaminated diesel not only results in inefficient engine performance but also increases wear and tear, leading to more frequent maintenance requirements. Additionally, downtime caused by engine failure can disrupt operations, incurring significant costs for businesses.
Where do fuels get contamination from?
Solid contamination
Contamination with solid particles can inflict serious damage on engines by obstructing injection nozzles, compromising combustion, and thereby increasing wear on engine components.
Consistent diesel fuel filtration effectively removes these particles, allowing the engine to operate more efficiently and helping to avoid expensive downtime.
Water
Water buildup in diesel fuel can cause significant disruptions in engine performance, including power loss and increased component wear. Elevated water levels also accelerate corrosion of metallic parts throughout the diesel system and promote microbial growth.
Continuous and effective water separation reduces these risks, ensuring the durability and dependable operation of diesel engines in vehicles and machinery.
Diesel bug
Diesel bug, or microbial contamination, leads to less efficient systems. Filters must be replaced more frequently, resulting in increased maintenance needs and unnecessary resource expenditure.
This problem is particularly significant for fluid conditioning using filters like fuel filters. The growth of microorganisms usually results from water ingress, forming a biofilm that creates a slime-like layer at the boundary between water and fuel.
To prevent this and avoid costly downtime, HYDAC provides innovative solutions that remove water and filter fuel throughout every stage of the process.
Why choose HYDAC?
Fuel contamination is a significant challenge for diesel engines, and without proper protection, it can lead to increased downtime, higher maintenance costs, and premature engine failure. HYDAC’s Diesel Protection solutions are designed to keep your fuel clean from the refinery to the engine, ensuring smooth and efficient operations. Whether you’re in construction, agriculture, or industrial sectors, HYDAC’s tailored solutions offer proven reliability and long-term protection for your diesel-powered equipment.
By integrating HYDAC’s advanced filtration and water separation technologies, businesses can extend the life of their equipment, reduce operational costs, and optimize engine performance. Trust HYDAC to be your partner in safeguarding your fuel and maintaining efficient, reliable operations.
1 - Prevent microbiological growth
HYDAC Dieselmicron: two stage filtration for clean diesel
HYDAC Biomicron: The antimicrobial solution against diesel bug
Free water in tanks promotes the rapid growth of bacteria, fungi, and microorganisms. HYDAC's filter element technology with triple protection effectively prevents this issue. Built upon the two-stage Dieselmicron® technology, the Biomicron® provides three benefits in one: particle filtration, water separation, and protection against microbial growth. The Biomicron® interrupts cellular metabolism, preventing microbiological growth. Its two-stage element structure enables coalescence and establishes a hydrophobic barrier for water separation.
2 - Pre-filters and water separators with Biomicron and Dieselmicron element technology
HYDAC HDP High Tech
Ensure reliable pre-filtration for your fuel with our HDP diesel filter, safeguarding vehicle manufacturers and operators from malfunctions, breakdowns, and costly service calls. Featuring a plug & play drain solution, it automatically dewaters the fuel system without operator intervention during suction-side operation. As an absorbent pre-filter, the HDP provides protection for all pumps and components in the fuel system against water and contaminants.
HYDAC HDP Best Cost with manucal dewatering
The HYDAC Diesel PreCare cup filter system is also offered as a cost-effective version with a manual water drain, alongside the fully automatic option. A hand pump can be integrated into the manual solution, conveniently placed directly on the pre-filter in the bypass. This design prevents any pressure loss and eliminates the need for extra fittings to install the hand pump separately in the suction line.
HYDAC HDP Best Cost with an electric pump
In addition to water and solid contaminants, air is another unwanted factor that can disrupt systems. Unlike traditional methods, where a manual suction pump is positioned in the suction line, resulting in high differential pressure, HYDAC offers a more refined solution: by integrating the pump into the filter, it removes the need for labor-intensive manual pumping and enhances the engine's start-up performance.
HYDAC HDM Diesel Maincare
The HDM cup filter system meets key market demands with its high contamination retention capacity, compact design, and environmentally friendly disposal. It effectively filters diesel and biofuel in the main flow, achieving cleanliness levels of 12/9/6 even under engine vibrations and load fluctuations. Beyond the standard offering, we also develop custom main filter modules upon request.
3 - Avoid costly downtimes with effective dewatering
HYDAC dewatering unit LowViscosity Unit LVU-CD 10
The portable HYDAC LowViscosity Unit, ideal for service operations, allows for the removal of solid contaminants and free water from up to 5,000 liters of diesel fuel through its two-stage bypass filtration. Take advantage of the adjustable transfer pump for flexible use. Whether you choose the standard or the more economical version, the HYDAC LVU-CD 10 helps reduce the risk of diesel contamination effectively.
HYDAC dewatering unit LowViscosity Unit LVU-CD 40
Our HYDAC dewatering unit, designed for up to 20,000 litres of diesel fuel, is suitable for stationary installation in bypass flow or for use as a transfer unit. It features cost-effective, unlimited dewatering and therefore prevents internal corrosion on tanks, motors and supply lines.
HYDAC dewatering unit LowViscosity Unit LVU-CD 600-8000
Water and diesel contamination pose a threat to fuel, particularly in tanks that are infrequently used, like those in hospital emergency generators, storage tanks, or auxiliary systems on ships. Prevent costly system failures with the LVU-CD 600-8000. This innovative dewatering unit provides independent fuel conditioning, ensuring critical systems are reliably protected against downtime.
4 - HYDAC Product range for the best possible cleanliness in just a single pass
HYDAC filtration solutions
The LVH-F filtration housings are ideal for maintaining the necessary fuel cleanliness as per ISO4406 standards, ensuring minimal wear and efficiency loss for diesel engines. Equipped with Optimicron® ON-DF diesel filter elements, they provide consistent filtration with high contamination retention capacity, maximizing operational efficiency.
HYDAC dewatering solutions
The LVH-CD housings can be connected to the filter housings, enabling effective dewatering of fuel directly after the filtration process. HYDAC Optimicron® diesel dewatering elements ON-DC and ON-DS deliver high separation performance, ensuring consistently low water content to prevent biological growth and diesel contamination.
HYDAC all-in-one diesel conditioning
Our integrated system solutions enable both particle filtration and water removal from diesel in a single pass. This not only saves time but also provides reliable protection for your systems against wear, performance degradation, and corrosion.
5 - Fuel Monitoring systems for your diesel fuel
To ensure high-quality filtration and dewatering throughout the entire process chain, it is crucial to continuously monitor both solid particle contamination and water saturation in your fuel to keep diesel clean. HYDAC measuring devices offer the most effective way to track these aspects. Utilising advanced technology, you can evaluate the cleanliness and water content of diesel across its entire transport route, with this information accessible online. This provides excellent transparency and actionable recommendations to improve your diesel conditioning. Contact our experts today to find out more about our fuel monitoring systems.
6 - HYDAC Product range for cleaner diesel across the entire process chain
Portable service unit HYDAC FluidControl Unit FCU 1000
The portable FluidControl Unit FCU 1000 is excellent for service operations. It provides temporary measurements of your fuel's solid contamination, water saturation, and fluid temperature, making it suitable for diesel compliant with DIN EN 590 and ASTM D975 standards.
HYDAC ContaminationSensor Module CSM-E
To achieve optimal fuel cleanliness measurements in line with ISO 4406, our compact and affordable online condition monitoring module is designed for permanent integration into the system and is suitable for stationary applications.
