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

随着时间的推移，燃料在处理和储存时会受到污染，污染物包括水、细菌和颗粒物，它们会沉淀在油箱底部，然后由标准的燃料管道提取。柴油中的水是污染的主要原因。受污染的燃料是地方性的，26%的英国零售商未能通过EN 590颗粒测试。目前还没有普遍的预防方法。在下游，燃油污染会导致发动机损坏，导致机器/车辆停机，并降低许多行业（特别是运输和建筑业）的生产率。FuelActive是一家屡获殊荣的英国中小型企业，通过开发创新的改装燃油输送和监控系统，确保最清洁的燃油输送到柴油发动机，取得了显著的成功。这可以防止因燃油污染而导致的过早车辆维护成本和故障/停机。行业和FuelActive客户的研究表明，大型燃油储罐内的燃油污染水平的清洁和监测需求尚未得到满足（燃料农场，炼油厂，前院）。在这个项目中，FuelActive将开发 **Wahanu**（威尔士语为分离器），这是一项开创性的技术，将直接安装在燃料储存罐内。Wahanu将从根本上提高整个燃料供应链的清洁度，消除主要储存（燃料农场和炼油厂）中的污染物。这将为二级储存（前院）和最终用户发动机提供更高质量的燃料。随后，通过提高燃油效率和减少约5%的二氧化碳排放量（最终用户MVP测试），对英国经济产生了重大的积极影响。Wahanu将通过减少停机时间来增加油罐区的储存能力，同时清洁油罐并减少定期维护需求。这将消除目前的行业危害，其中坦克是物理擦洗干净（对人类的危险）。FuelActive将渗透到多个用例，包括炼油设施，运输，短期存储设施（地下/地上），原料，终端和点的销售枢纽（机场，加油站（前院），卡车，航运），为英国和全球燃料供应链带来显着的好处。

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.