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Old 07-22-2013, 07:25 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by RickB View Post
Please provide the citations to support the "well known" industry standard for fuel pH, and please document refinery added biocides.

Please describe how filtration can degrade fuel quality.
Several years ago, the California Department of Water Resources sponsored a symposium on biological contaminants in effluent from fuel refineries. Dow Chemical presented one of the sessions and provided an indepth discussion on the contamination of Diesel fuel. I attended the symposium and garnered the information from the materials presented. I took a snapshot of one of the documents that were a part of Dow Chemical's presentation. I do not remember which one of the standards specifically specified 5.5, but feel free to search through them.

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