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Ethanol

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For servicing or polishing ethanol blend gasoline, the right solution depends on what you need to accomplish.  Ethanol-blend gasolines are distinct from diesel fuels in that they tend to be higher turn with shorter shelf lives. But this doesn’t mean fuel services never see problems in these tanks. On the contrary, fixing phase separation issues is a common complaint. Anyone who knows anything about ethanol fuels knows that the fuel’s ability to dissolve higher amounts of water can lead to the separation of the ethanol and water mixture out of the fuel. Loss of fuel quality and octane rating usually go along with it.

Solving Phase Separation & Other Problems 

Fixing phase separation isn’t an easy thing to do, despite promises made by some in the industry. 

Bell Performance chemistries have been helping service partners fix ethanol fuel storage problems and prevent  such problems, for decades. 

Bell Performance chemistries help ethanol blends resist phase separation while providing improved detergency up to Top Tier level and beyond (which is essential for today’s modern GDI engines).

Microbes Flourish In Ethanol

When people talk about high-turn fuels like ethanol blends, the assumption is that high turn means no time for microbes to establish themselves.  But fuel professionals have seen plenty of microbial problems develop in these kinds of systems.  Bell Performance offers several options to make fuel servicers’ lives easier when it comes to fixing their own customers’ problems.

Bell Performance biocides are highly effective at knocking out microbial problems in all kinds of fuels, including ethanol-blend gasoline. And Bell Performance’s Fuel & Tank Services are on hand to give you the expert guidance you need to provide the best practice fuel management your customers expect.

Bell Performance’s complete selection of commercial-grade fuel treatments is exactly what fuel polishers and service providers need to add value to their customers.  Keep in mind, this doesn’t just mean dumping chemicals in tanks. Bell Fuel & Tank Services provides expert support for partners to make sure they have the right best practice procedures in place. And this means not just support with the right chemicals, but also the right mechanical process guidance and also the right testing for the benefit of a clearly defined problem and solution.

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