A customer of ours was commissioning a new NGL distribution line. After gaining an accurate understanding of the application and quality goals, I was able to specify and deliver the appropriate filter vessels and elements within a few days. The most difficult...
fuel Oil & natural gas
Heavy Equipment Service Center – Oil Cleanliness
Achieving target oil cleanliness levels when maintaining and repairing heavy equipment is critical to maximizing component life. Recently we developed a specific plan and provided the filtration components to allow a local company to achieve their oil quality goals...
Installation of Inlet Manifold Filtration System Fixes Fuel Quality Issues
A Mining customer could not keep their dump trucks and loaders running for more then 48 hours due to plugged fuel filters. They couldn't understand why and reached out to Charlie Dinan of PFP for help. The problem was in their 10,000 gallon diesel storage tank and the...
One-Two Combo Packs a Punch for Natural Gas Pipeline
I received a call from Brett at a natural gas provider in the mid-west. Last year I started working with some of his colleagues on various other industrial filtration projects. Due to our good relationship, he came to me this time to request that we put together a...
How Dirty Diesel Fuel Can Endanger Lives at a Hospital
How can dirty fuel endanger lives at a hospital? Well, if there is a power outage, how does the hospital keep its equipment running in case of an emergency? Like any other critical operation, they use emergency power systems such as back-up generators in conjunction...
How We Helped an Ethanol Fuel Terminal to Save Their Stock
Have you ever had an emergency situation with contaminated fuel oil? We were recently contacted by a manager at a fuel terminal company in the northeast that receives, stores, and ships fuel for petroleum refineries and pipeline companies. All of a sudden they found...
How to Filter 75,000 barrels of Jet-A Fuel
Have you ever had a contaminated jet fuel tank? One of my recent customers, a jet fuel storage facility (liquid terminal) had a fuel tank that contained 75,000 barrels of contaminated jet-A fuel. Our initial testing showed high amounts of particulate and significant...
Made in the USA: Wartsila Engine Lube Oil Filter
Are you making sure to buy your filter elements and systems from a domestic source? One of our recent customers was a power plant that was operating multiple Wartsila natural gas engines. They came to us to see if we could provide an engine lube oil filter that was...
ASME Pressure Vessel Rescues Cookies at Industrial Bakery?
Sorry, I was just kidding about the cookies. But seriously, an industrial bakery?! It's probably one of the last places you would think need some filters, but it's true... This particular customer of mine was having issues with a batch of poor quality natural gas. The...
Saved an International Airport with Jet-A Fuel Filters
After years of solicitation, I finally got the filter business of an international airport! Here's my story... My big break came from the airport's fuel tank farm manager. He called me because he was going through jet fuel filters so quickly that his current supplier...
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