2nd January 2015
WASP PFS Ltd are delighted to see their logo placed on a new pillar in front of the KVT building.
Koninklijke Kemper en van Twist Diesel B.V., located in the Netherlands, are one of WASP PFS’s distributors. Like WASP PFS, KVT are keen to help others with solutions to the problems of bad quality fuel.
To find out more about KVT, please see our International Distributors page.
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1st October 2014
WASP’s engineering team have produced a unique fuel conditioning unit, which will be used in their largest fuel polishing system.
The elite fuel conditioning unit and the fascinating fuel polishing system have been designed and built specifically for a large fuel supply company in the North of England. With the frame being 1.5 x 3 metres long, this is the largest fuel polishing system WASP has produced so far. This large scale fuel conditioning unit has been built into the fuel polishing system to provide the ultimate protection against ferrous material.
The conditioning unit will re-circulate, restore and optimise the overall quality of diesel fuel. By using advanced magnetic field technology, the system will carefully control the flow of fuel through the device, allowing it to combat degradation, slow down the growth of and subsequently remove any bacteria, remove ferrous materials and reverse the damage caused to the fuel by water and other foreign contamination.
The fuel polishing system, due to be installed this week, will re-circulate 400 litres of fuel per minute, cleaning the fuel to 2 micron as part of the process. To ensure effortless operation, WASP has installed a variable speed, self monitoring control system. This allows the machines’ operators to control the settings of the unit, such as frequency, number of cycles, time of operation and duration.
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1st August 2014
Switching on to Fuel Polishing Systems – In Healthcare
Editorial article published in Healthcare Design and Management magazine in July 2014.
The article has been reproduced below.
Hospitals are busy environments that have to operate around the clock. This means a constant supply of power for things like lighting and heating, but also to run the plethora of medical appliances used in every healthcare setting. In the case of a failure, hospitals use back-up generators that kick in should the general supply fail.
But, with outages thankfully rare, are hospitals doing enough to ensure their emergency systems are in good condition?
Last year in the US a series of hurricanes threw this issue into the spotlight, with hospitals finding themselves without critical power. One of the reasons for this problem is that back-up generators use fuel and that fuel has to be in tip-top condition. So, as was the case in the US, if systems have not been checked for several years, or even decades in some instances, they will not do the job they were installed to do.
In the UK hospitals are beginning to re
alise this and are taking measures to reduce the risk. One Birmingham hospital recently installed 10 fuel polishing systems on its back-up generators as a preventative measure.
The increasingly-popular technology, supplied by WASP PFS, will maintain the quality of the stagnant or stored fuel in the back-up generator tanks, helping to prevent the generators from failing during an emergency situation.
Speaking to hdm, Geoff Ross, sales director at WASP, explained:
The hospital called us in and we recognised there was a problem and identified free water, emulsified water, microbial growth and other contaminations in the fuel within the back-up generator. The water was a threat to the generator’s fuel system and could have caused damage to, or even destroyed, its injectors.
Furthermore, it increased the fuels acidity levels, caused the breeding of bacteria and the formation of biomass. This blocked the fuel pipes and filters and caused the engine to lose efficiency
During an emergency situation, these problems could have caused their generators to stall or fail completely, which would risk the lives of patients undergoing high-risk surgical procedures, or those relying on respiratory equipment in cardiac units or intensive care units. It would also risk staff wellbeing while working in rooms without any backup lighting.
The WASP system works by removing the ingress water and contaminations from the fuel and restoring it to optimum quality within a matter of hours.
Recycling the fuel costs far less than disposing of it and sourcing more, not just in monitory terms but also in terms of carbon emissions, said Ross.
We did one hospital in Gloucester that had spent £750,000 on fuel for its back-up generators, so this is no small amount we are talking about. It makes sense to invest in something that is not very expensive, but will ensure that back-up generators do the job they were intended to do at a time when maintaining services is critical.
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1st November 2013
New updates for the W-PFS and WB ranges.
The W-PFS range now has touch screen control on most models and a 2 micron final stage with free and emulsified water removal across the range.
The WB range is now available as an enclosure mounted system.
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27th July 2013
The WASP team have been accepted as an entry in the Small Business of the Year category of the Business Excellence Awards 2013.
This is the first time WASP have entered into a competition and we are ecstatic at being accepted as an entry. The panelling judges will visit our premises on the 10th July. We are feeling positive about the assessment, particularly as we have strong values and visions for the business, a strong position in the market and we have a friendly and co-operative team whom have the opportunity to learn and grow within the business.
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30th May 2013
Presentation at the Royal Academy of Engineering Conference
It seems our attendance at the CHP/RENEWABLE/POWER road show on May 30th was appreciated, and we would like to thank all those who watched and participated in our conference speech, presented at the Royal Academy of Engineering. The presentation, about the changing specification of fuel, bio-diesel, contaminated fuel, the solution to good fuel housekeeping and how to avoid contaminated fuel, is now available, please contact us for details.
We are also looking forward to the CONCAWE group distributing our presentation to their 43 members, whom own crude oil refining capacity within the European Union, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey.
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1st May 2013
SPEECH! SPEECH!
Yes, we are excited to be exhibiting again at this year’s CHP/ RENEWABLE / POWER Road show 2013
Not many know about fuel polishing and the benefits, yet our customers save significant amounts of money and fuel, which also helps to save the planet. So this year our goals are to educate and create awareness of the importance of preserving fuel, and how fuel polishing systems do just that.
To achieve this, we are hoping to become a privileged guest speaker at the London event in Price Phillip House on May 29th and 30th.
If you want to see our product demonstrations, meet the innovators and speak to the engineers, register to attend here and visit stand F12.
If, like us, you are really excited about hearing our speech, check out the agenda below and register to attend here.
Speech Agenda
1. The importance of preserving fuel – i.e. saving the planet, saving lives and businesses during emergencies
2. Benefits of preserving fuel – i.e. saving money and costs, saving unnecessary worry, making costly fuel and back-up generator investments worth the money
3. The difference between preserving and not preserving you fuel – i.e. how much fuel is wasted, how much money is wasted, how your fuel looks and how contaminated fuel will affect your business
4. What fuel polishing is and how it works to preserve fuel i.e. cleans fuel and removes contamination, water, particles and microbial growth
5. Who we are and what we do, and what we have done in the past – i.e. how we have helped the military, hospitals, blue chip organizations and local and international businesses.
If you want more information about our attendance at this show, call us on 01923 606600
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1st March 2013
WASP PFS Ltd are delighted to announce the launch the WB range of fuel polishing systems
Designed to meet the demanding task of maintaining fuel quality, these simple to install and simple to operate units clean fuel to 10 micron, removing impurities and contamination automatically.
Sitting below the W-PFS range of units, the WB range offers advanced technology fuel cleaning in an economic form.
For more details, please refer to the specific product section of our web site (click here)
APPLICATION AREAS
Long term fuel storage environments that benefit from the WASP WB range of fuel polishing systems.
WHY WAIT UNTIL THE LIGHTS GO OUT?
Fuel contamination in a generator fuel tank can have a dramatic effect on your business continuity plans. This contamination should be caught by the primary filters, but the most common type (bacteria) is typically a large biomass quantity that will rapidly block filters and, if left uncontrolled, can double in population every 20 minutes.
Worse still, if the filters are not able to cope, or are not water separators, this contamination is likely to find its way to the injectors. In which case the most likely outcome is a costly engine service or even rebuild.
ADVANCED CLEANING MADE SIMPLE
WASP PFS Ltd has specialised in fuel polishing systems and utilises its expertise in a way no other company can match. In the WB range, as with the larger W-PFS range, the utilisation of advanced filtration technology coupled with ease of use and self controlling devices mean fuel cleaning is as simple as it is vital.
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