Avoiding financial penalties...

Surrey, UK – BioDiesel is a ‘renewable’ diesel fuel that contains blends of FAME (fatty-acid methyl ester) made from animal fats and vegetable oils. BioDiesel combusts with lower concentrations of toxic emissions than conventional diesel fuel and its use is being globally specified in support of environmental regulations. 

Blends of 20% BioDiesel and lower can be used in diesel powered equipment with few if any modifications to the engine; however certain manufacturers limit their warranty liability to specific maximum blends. Therefore determining the percent of BioDiesel before the fuel is used is recommended.

For fuel producers and blenders it is also important to determine the precise volume of FAME in each batch of BioDiesel, as failure to do so may lead to financial penalty, liability claim and loss of market confidence in the fuel supply. Those storing and distributing fuel have the same liabilities.

Estercheck is a unique instrument which uses micro mid-range IR built into a simple hand held measurement platform. With no instrument warm up time required and a simple three step test procedure, results are provided in less than one minute with accuracy down to 0.2% FAME content.

About Stanhope–Seta

Over the last fifty years, Stanhope-Seta have established a reputation for the supply of petroleum test instruments whose advanced capabilities, accuracy and reliability are a worldwide benchmark for many product quality measurements. There are now more than 100 quality control instruments in the Stanhope-Seta product range. Our petroleum test instruments; including our flashpoint testers, oil test centrifuges and vapour pressure testers, provide innovative solutions to meet all customer demands.

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