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ENERGY+ Treatment Reduces
With ENERGY+ sludge from a centrifuge is chemically treated and converted, within 48 hours, to a fuel that is burnable in an auxiliary boiler. For each dollar spent on the ENERGY+ sludge-to-fuel program, 14 dollars can be recovered in usable fuel.
Sludge samples from a major shipping fleet were sent
to Thorofare, NJ, and analyzed before and after treatment with the liquid fuel
conditioner ENERGY+. The report on
samples showed that this chemical treatment reduced sediment content by 87
percent and the ash content by 73 percent.
Besides conditioning sludge, ENERGY+ can solve
problems associated with high sediment and high ash content in main bunker fuel
tanks. These values are said to be
reduced to safe operating levels, and the fuel stabilized.
With this announcement, ENERGY+ is a breakthrough to
the marine industry, and contends that this is the first report of reductions
of sediment and ash of such a magnitude.
Samples from sludge tanks on a ship were analyzed before and after treatment with the fuel conditioner, ENERGY+. The sediment and ash content were reduced significantly in the samples with ENERGY+ added. The mean reductions were 87 percent and 73 percent for sediment and ash, respectively.
Two samples were sent from the ship by the Port Engineer with a request for analysis in accordance with ENERGY+ Sludge to Fuel Program. Part of each sample was treated with ENERGY+ at a dosage of 2 ml per 1,000. The four test samples (2 treated and 2 un-treated) were maintained at a temperature of 50’C (122’F) for a period of 48 hours. After this treatment period, all samples were analyzed for percent sediment and percent ash. The results are seen in the table below:
ENERGY+ Percent
Property Un-treated Treated Reduction
Percent Sediment 0.6818% 0.0526% 92%
0.2601% 0.0459% 82%
Percent Ash 0.14% 0.03% 79%
0.09% 0.03% 67%
The percentage values of sediment and ash for the un-treated samples reflect a material that would create problems if attempts were made to burn it in its present state. After the 48-hour interim period with the ENERGY+ treatment and then retesting, there were significant reductions in sediment content of 92 and 82 percent. There were also significantly lowered values of ash content by 79 and 67 percent. These reductions in sediment and ash after ENERGY+ treatment would in my opinion aid in reducing the amount of boiler fire side deposits and reduce mechanical damage to the burner and fuel transfer equipment associated therewith.
In our experience, problems with mechanical equipment escalate proportionately with increase in sediment levels in excess of 0.15%. In both cases, the ENERGY+ treated samples dropped below this value. The significance of the ash value is dependent upon the type of ash and type of equipment to be used but in any mechanical system significant reductions can only be beneficial in reducing wear rates and deposits.