Wahanu: Helping operators of large fuel storage tanks eliminate fuel contamination within the supply chain, through the use of an in-tank cyclonic separator, sensors and IoT devices, to improve engine fuel efficiency and reduce emissions

Wahanu：通过使用罐内旋风分离器、传感器和物联网设备，帮助大型燃料储罐运营商消除供应链内的燃料污染，从而提高发动机燃油效率并减少排放

• 批准号: 10047152
• 金额: $ 44.5万
• 依托单位: FUEL ACTIVE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10047152
• 关键词: Wahanu; Helping; operators; large; fuel

Fuel becomes contaminated over time as it's handled and stored, with the contamination consisting of water, bacteria and particulates settling to the bottom of a tank and then being extracted by standard fuel pipes. Water in diesel is the leading cause of contamination. Contaminated fuel is endemic, with 26% of UK-retailers failing EN590 particle tests. There's currently no universal solution for prevention. Downstream, fuel contamination can lead to engine damage, resulting in machine/vehicle downtime and reduced productivity in many sectors (especially transportation and construction).FuelActive is an award-winning UK-SME, achieving demonstrable success through developing innovative retrofitted fuel delivery and monitoring systems that ensures the cleanest fuel is delivered to diesel engines. This prevents premature vehicle maintenance costs and breakdowns/downtime from contaminated fuel.Research in the industry and from FuelActive's customers indicates that there's an unmet need for the cleaning and monitoring of contamination levels of the fuel within large fuel storage tanks (fuel farms, oil refineries, forecourts).In this project, FuelActive will develop **Wahanu** (separator in Welsh), a pioneering technology that will be directly installed inside fuel storage tanks. Wahanu will fundamentally improve cleanliness throughout the fuel supply-chain by removing contaminants in primary storage (fuel farms and oil refineries). This will provide higher quality fuel to secondary storage (forecourts) and end-user engines. Subsequently, leading to significant positive UK economic impacts through improved fuel-efficiency and CO2 reductions of ~5% (end-user MVP testing).Wahanu will increase tank-farm storage capacity through reduced downtime, whilst simultaneously cleaning the tank and reducing regular maintenance needs. This will eliminate current industry hazards, where tanks are physically scrubbed clean (dangerous for humans).FuelActive will penetrate multiple use-cases including refining facilities, transportation, short-term storage facilities (underground/overground), feedstocks, terminals and point-of-sale hubs (airports, fuel stations (forecourts), trucking, shipping), delivering significant benefits for the UK and global fuel supply-chain.

随着时间的推移，燃料在处理和储存过程中会受到污染，由水、细菌和颗粒组成的污染物沉淀到油箱底部，然后通过标准的燃料管提取。柴油中的水是造成污染的主要原因。受污染的燃料是地方性疾病，26%的英国零售商没有通过EN590颗粒测试。目前还没有针对预防的通用解决方案。在下游，燃料污染会导致发动机损坏，导致许多行业(特别是运输和建筑)的机器/车辆停机和生产率下降。FuelActive是一家屡获殊荣的英国中小企业，通过开发创新的改装燃料输送和监控系统，确保向柴油发动机输送最清洁的燃料，取得了显著的成功。这可以防止过早的车辆维护成本和受污染燃料的故障/停机时间。行业和FuelActive客户的研究表明，对大型燃料储罐(燃料农场、炼油厂、前院)内燃料的污染水平的清洁和监测的需求尚未得到满足。在这个项目中，FuelActive将开发**wahanu**(威尔士的分离器)，这是一项开创性的技术，将直接安装在燃料储罐内。WAHANU将通过去除初级存储(燃料农场和炼油厂)中的污染物，从根本上改善整个燃料供应链的清洁度。这将为二次存储(前院)和最终用户引擎提供更高质量的燃料。随后，通过提高燃油效率和减少~5%的二氧化碳排放(最终用户MVP测试)，Wahanu将通过减少停机时间来增加油罐区存储容量，同时清洁油罐和减少定期维护需求，从而带来显著的积极经济影响。这将消除当前的行业危险，即储罐被物理擦洗干净(对人类危险)。FuelActive将渗透到多个使用案例，包括炼油设施、运输、短期储存设施(地下/地面)、原料、码头和销售点枢纽(机场、加油站(前院)、卡车运输、航运)，为英国和全球燃料供应链带来显著好处。