Designed for prompt on-board determination of cat fines concentration in marine heavy fuel oil (high sulphur and low sulphur fuel oil) before its use for the engine operation. Cat fines (Al and Si compounds) are small, hard abrasive particles that remain in fuel oil as a by-product resulting from the catalytic cracking technology. They can substantially damage the components of the engine system (fuel pumps, injection valves, cylinder liners, pistons and piston rings) if they find their way to the engine. In accordance with ISO 8217 cat fines concentration in bunker fuel is limited to 60 mg/kg (ppm) at the time of delivery. At engine inlet the recommended concentration of cat fines is 15 mg/kg (ppm) or lower. This test kit with its visual quantification assessment method can help to estimate the cleaning efficiency of the separators by testing representative fuel oil samples for cat fines concentration before and after fuel oil treatment in separator system and prior to the main engine (M/E).
Designed for prompt on-board determination of cat fines concentration in marine heavy fuel oil (high sulphur and low sulphur fuel oil) before its use for the engine operation. Cat fines (Al and Si compounds) are small, hard abrasive particles that remain in fuel oil as a by-product resulting from the catalytic cracking technology. They can substantially damage the components of the engine system (fuel pumps, injection valves, cylinder liners, pistons and piston rings) if they find their way to the engine. In accordance with ISO 8217 cat fines concentration in bunker fuel is limited to 60 mg/kg (ppm) at the time of delivery. At engine inlet the recommended concentration of cat fines is 15 mg/kg (ppm) or lower. This test kit with its visual quantification assessment method can help to estimate the cleaning efficiency of the separators by testing representative fuel oil samples for cat fines concentration before and after fuel oil treatment in separator system and prior to the main engine (M/E).