Protea Fuel Oil Additives
Steam boiler power plants that utilise crude or heavy fuel oils suffer from different combustion-related problems due to variations in quality and contaminants in the fuel oil. The presence of vanadium, sodium and sulphur causes problems with high and low temperature corrosion. Asphaltenes and other heavy hydrocarbons cause problems such as sedimentation in storage tanks, filter plugging and coking of fuel pre-heaters. These heavy carbons are also more difficult to combust, which results in further problems, such as the formation of deposits and high emissions of soot and unburned carbons. These problems reduce power plant performance and profitability over time.

The Protea Series from SystemSeparation provides solutions for many different problems relating to heavy fuel oils. The excellent performance of these fuel oil additives improves operations in power plants due to fewer problems during handling and combustion. Customers benefit from more efficient power production with enhanced combustion efficiency, increased power output and less wear on vital components which prolongs the life of the power plant. Environmental aspects also improve due to fewer emissions into the atmosphere.