

Fuel Treatment for Ships

Fuel Treatment for Ships

Heavy marine ships use large-model diesel engines to burn marine fuel oil and heavy fuel oil.  These fuels are less expensive than more refined products like #2 diesel. 

The engines burning these heavier (and dirtier) fuels are designed to accomodate the inherent properties of the fuel oil, including the higher inorganic content such as silicon and aluminum, which produce ash loads that would normally damage on-road vehicles.

Bell Performance Treats MFO and HFO



Optimal Combustion

HFO and MFO have more energy than gas or diesel if burned completely.  But the heavy long-chain petroleum molecules in these fuels are more difficult to obtain fully complete combustion from.  Black smoke emissions from the engine are a result of incomplete combustion, with carbon soot particles being produced instead of just CO2 and water.

Bell Performance’s ATX-1004DSC and ATX-1005SSD combine both powerful organic and organometallic combustion improvers, to maximize fuel economy and reduce black smoke particulate emissions, which are a concern for environmental air quality zones.  Heavy diesel ship engines do more work with less fuel which being more environmentally friendly.

Cleaner Fuel Storage and Delivery Systems

Marine Fuel Oil and Heavy Fuel Oil both have heavy end constituents that fall out over time, leaving sludge deposits in the fuel storage tank, fuel lines and injection gun systems. Use of ATX-1004DSC and ATX-1005SSD will leave these systems clean and sludge free.  Clean fuel delivery and injection systems are best able to function at peak efficiency.

Cleaner Emissions

Both ATX-1004DSC and ATX-1005SSD lower ship black smoke particulate and NOx emissions. These are good for both the ship’s bottom line and the air we all breathe.

Cold Corrosion Damage

For ships struggling with corrosive damage to metal surfaces both near the combustion areas and beyond, ATX-1004DSC is also formulated with acid-neutralizing compounds that solve acid condensation problems and save valuable metal parts from corrosive damage.

Both Bell Performance marine fuel oil treatment formulations are concentrated to treat HFO and MFO with completely fuel-soluble formulas that burn seamlessly with the fuel.  Both products provide results at treat rates between 1:2000 and 1:5000.

Suggested Free Resources

ATX -1005SSD Bunker C Fuel Oil Additive Data Sheet
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ATX-1004DSC HFO/MFO Combustion Additive Data Sheet
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