Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Industrial Additives Features
- Features & Benefits
- Improves fuel stability & compatibility for the new VLSFO/2020 blended fuels.
- 25 - 35 percent sludge reductions - PRI-SOLV keeps purifiers, fuel lines, pumps, fuel heaters and filters/strainers sludge free, while also maintaining tank cleanliness for VLSFO.
- Vastly improved purifier operations.
- Improved operation reliability & lubrication - Dosing rate is one liter per 30 mt. One 208-liter drum treats 6240 metric tons. No special dosing pump equipment is required. In terms of cost per mt treated and performance capability, PRI-SOLV has absolutely no equal in the world today.
- Optimum combustion efficiency - PRI-SOLV treated fuel ensures improved fuel atomization and reduced fuel injector fouling. Engines maintain a higher level of operational efficiency via reduced deposits. Combustion is optimized with emissions and soot also reduced.
- PRI-SOLV has successfully reversed many severe cases of poor fuel stability & compatibility/poor-quality fuels. Thus, saving vessel owners hundreds of thousands of dollars in charter hire loss and de-bunkering costs.
- PRI is number 1 for improving poor quality fuels worldwide.
- PRI-SOLV is a highly complex blend of organic chemistries that, once blended with heavy fuel, will not stratify or separate, even with fuel purification. In fact, purification systems remain cleaner and more efficient when processing PRI-SOLV treated fuels.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Dosage
Dosage Rate
PRI-SOLV is dosed at the rate of 1:30,000 (one liter per 30 mt), regardless of fuel specifications under ISO 8217. It is recommended that for the first two months (approximately 2-3 bunkerings) of application, a dose rate of 1 liter per 20 mt is followed. This is to begin the process of improving purifiers and the entire fuel system.
When comingling different blends of VLSFO or problematic fuels, high TSP, etc. we recommend a dose rate of 1:20,000 (one liter per 20 mt). For severely out of spec fuel, fuel with very high TSP, or emergency situations on board, we recommend a dose rate of 1:10,000 (one liter per 10 mt).
Dosage Method
Power Research Inc. suggests that PRI-SOLV is highly miscible with heavy fuel oil and may be added directly to tanks prior to bunkering. Agitation from fuel flow into the tank typically provides a sufficient mixture.
Properties
- Color
- Physical Form
- Appearance
- Dark Amber Liquid
- Soluble in
- Water
- Typical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Boiling Point | min. 150 | °C | — |
| Flash Point | min. 100 | °C | — |
| Specific Gravity | 0.78 - 0.81 | — | — |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Quality Control
- PRI-SOLV is manufactured in accordance with strict, chemical manufacturing standards. Each blend is numbered, and a retain sample is FTIR tested against a laboratory standard to ensure optimal conformance.
- USA DOT ID Number - Not Regulated
- IMDG - Not classified as dangerous under IMDG regulation.
- IATA - Not classified as dangerous under IATA regulations.