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，燃料在处理和储存过程中会受到污染，由水、细菌和微粒组成的污染会沉降到油箱底部，然后通过标准燃料管道被抽出。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EN590颗粒测试。目前还没有普遍的预防方法。在下游，燃料污染可能导致发动机损坏，导致机器/车辆停机，并降低许多行业（特别是运输和建筑）的生产率。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因污染燃料而导致的故障/停机时间。行业研究和来自FuelActive客户的研究表明，在大型燃料储罐（燃料农场、炼油厂、前院）中，清洁和监测燃料污染水平的需求尚未得到满足。在这个项目中，FuelActive将开发Wahanu（威尔士语），这是一项开创性的技术，将直接安装在燃料储罐内。Wahanu将通过去除主要储存（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。这将为二级存储（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，对英国经济产生了显著的积极影响（最终用户MVP测试）。Wahanu将通过减少停机时间来增加储罐容量，同时清洁储罐并减少定期维护需求。这将消除目前的工业危害，其中储罐被物理擦洗干净（对人类危险）。FuelActive将渗透到多个用例中，包括炼油设施、运输、短期储存设施（地下/地上）、原料、终端和销售点中心（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效益。

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.