How much particulate contaminants and water have you pumped last year?
Limiting diesel contamination to acceptable standards is crucial to lower the operating costs of mining equipment.
Particulate and water removal solutions for diesel fuel applications
Equipment availability is a critical factor in the mining industry. Operating costs of mining equipment is increasing (fuel usage, downtime costs) and environmental legislation is getting stricter each day. Particulate and water removal solutions are of the highest importance for diesel fuel applications.
To lower operating costs and to ensure reliability and optimal engine performance, diesel contamination must be limited to acceptable standards. Advanced technologies are nowadays available to ensure fluid cleanliness.
From the point of delivery, storage and up to dispensing, these technologies will help you through an advanced particulate and water removal.
Particels and water pumped by a mining site
On the table below you can find how much particulate contaminants and water is pumped by a larger mining site per year (137,000 liters of diesel / day).
Particulate contaminant pumped per year
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ISO 4406 Cleanliness code
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22/20/17
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20/18/15
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18/16/13
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12/9/6
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Kilograms of particulate contaminent pumped per year
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800 KG
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200 KG
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50 KG
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0.4 KG |
Water pumped per year
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Water content (ppm)
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5,000
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1,000
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500
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100
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Liters of water equivalent pumped per year
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250,000
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50,000
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25,000
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5,000 |
The impact of particulate contamination
Onboard filters are not developed to handle these high levels of contamination. Without bulk filtration, these levels of contamination result in frequent change-outs and premature plugging of onboard filters. To reach clean dry diesel fuel, cleanliness control should be done site-wide. The presence of hard particulate contamination in diesel can result in three different types of fuel injector system failures:
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Mechanical failures from component wear and blocking component movement
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Electrical failures (typically as injector solenoid burnout) from silting around the poppet valve stem, restricting movement
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Performance failures from blocking of injector nozzle and altering injector spray patterns
Your Asset Protection - Our Expertise
As an expert in fluid cleanliness and official distributor of Pall, Ngix helps you with defining the right filtration solution following your fuel cleanliness needs.
Our top priority is minimizing diesel contamination and your total cost of ownership using our 4 levels of expertise:
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Analyzing: analyzing the level of contamination
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Removing: cost-effective solutions for particle and moisture removal
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Avoiding: strategies to avoid contamination
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Monitoring: remote or on-site monitoring
Join forces against contamination
We will be pleased to explain you how we can help you.
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