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Taking Care of Your Fuel: Understanding the Role of ASTM
How ASTM Is Critical To Best Practice Fuel Care Sometimes, to better understand the scope and value of the kind of fuel testing necessary for best...
Fuel Testing (2)
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Fixing Problems With Water In Fuel Tanks
Water is the enemy of stored fuel, the tanks it’s stored in, and the equipment that uses it. Fuel storage rules that used to allow for “allowable”...
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What To Do When You Suspect You Have Degraded Fuel
You are concerned your fuel has degraded and doesn't meet its essential standards. You need to know what to do next. This is where talking with an...
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Microbe Testing in Stored Fuel
Microbial growth in fuel storage tanks can lead to various problems, from corrosion and fuel filter blockages to decreased fuel quality and even...
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The importance of microbial fuel testing for aviation
For many years, no matter what industry you were in, microbial fuel contamination was a guessing game. We all know microbes are out there, and it’s...
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Microbial testing & Culture tests: How long to wait?
With all the changes to today's fuels, microbial contamination is fast trending towards being the #1 most common problem with stored fuel. The market...
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Being Selective is important (for testing microbes)
This blog post isn't about quite what you might think. We're talking about microbial testing. Today's stored fuels require a lot more upkeep than the...
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Preventing problems with the testing of aviation fuel properties
Much of this information is taken from the helpful document ASTM D1655 – The Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels. Among the many...
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For best fuel results, use an improved ATP test
It’s now clear that no good fuel management program is complete without a robust testing element. Fuel testing gives you the benefit of a clearly...
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Fuel testing for microbes: Better options for managing stored fuel
Successfully managing stored fuel entails a lot of considerations, bringing with the territory lots of people giving advice and guidelines and best...