___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Heavy Fuel Oils/Bunker Oils:
Fuel oils can be dosed with NANOtane in several ways, depending on available pumping equipment and configuration of the ship’s fuel handling system. Maximum benefits are obtained when NANOtane is thoroughly mixed with fuel oil, as far as possible upstream of the engines, while bunkering, NANOtane can be metered into the fuel oil line with a dosing pump system, before the manifold, to treat the entire fuel supply in all storage tanks. Alternatively, Carbonex NANOtane can be added to storage tanks just prior to filling them with fuel. If storage tanks are not settling tanks, it is preferable to inject Carbonex NANOtane into the fuel transfer line to the settling tank, or to the day tank, by way of a chemical metering pump designed to work with petroleum solvents at the appropriate flow rate.
For standard grades of marine residual fuel oils, the recommended dosage rate of NANOtane is 1:5000, or 1 liter per 5 tonnes of fuel. During the first week of treatment, a higher dosage rate of 1:4000 is recommended. When calculating the amount of additive required for an initial treatment, it is necessary to include enough Carbonex NANOtane to dose the untreated fuel already in the fuel system and tanks, in addition to dosing the incoming delivery of fuel oil.
Solid Fuels:
Clean Boost™ can be sprayed onto pulverized coal prior to combustion or it can be injected into the combustion chamber. If Clean Boost™ is sprayed onto the fuel, care must be taken to ensure a complete and homogeneous coverage of the fuel. The Clean Boost™ injection method involves spraying a stream of Clean Boost™ treated oil into the combustion chamber during coal firing. The method eliminates the need for expensive modifications to the existing systems or for pre-treating of the coal, which can affect the coal handling characteristics. The conversion costs would be minimal as would the downtime required to convert to Clean Boost™ fuel treatment.
Clean Boost™ Treatment Rates for Fuel Oils
Since Clean Boost™ treatment is fuel and site specific, blending ratios may vary. The recommended blending rates are:
* Clean Boost™ for diesel fuel treatment 1 : 3,000
* NANOtane for #6 fuel oil treatment 1 : 5,000
* Clean Boost Maxx for gasoline fuel treatment 1: 4,000
* Clean Boost Fuel Pills (1 gram pill will treat 16 gallons of fuel)