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Fuel Analysis: Water Detection in Jet Fuel, Diesel Fuel, and Gasoline

From optek-Danulat, Inc.
 

 
Fuel analysis is very important part of the refining process. By continuously monitoring the free water and suspended solids in fuels, operations can immediately detect inefficiencies or failures in filters, coalescers and separators and possible contamination from other sources.
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Topics of Interest
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