Jay-D Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I read your new article abouut the fuel samples and it was good! But i dont get what fuel bugs are and what would they eat if they get oxigen from the water???? I thought algea was a plant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 It's not just algae... it is nearly a whole eco-system (this is what Esso Petroleum Canada field chemists told me years ago. All this occurs in the water/fuel interface - bacteria eat the fuel or components of the fuel. Other microbes feed on them and so on until we get into enough "food" to support the growth of algae... The importance of proper fuel storage can't be stressed enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Jay-d, I did a lot of reading while writing that article. I decided to keep it as non-technical as I could because much of the information on fuel is just way too technical for me and probably most people to understand. Do a Google search for "diesel algae" and "fuel bugs" and start reading some of what comes up. It's interesting to say the least! It's actually a complex thing that goes on with fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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