According to a study by Phillip Johnson, director, liquid filtration, new business development at Donaldson, while engine design and available fuel types have changed significantly in the past 20 years based on legislation, regulation and rapidly escalating oil prices, fuel specifications and fuel filtration have seen little change. He concluded that providing clean fuel throughout the distribution channel will become a prerequisite for diesel engine applications. Johnson also outlined the filtration industry's need for new standards and systems-based technologies to measure fine particulate and other contaminants.
"Stakeholders, such as fuel companies, distributors, suppliers, engine manufacturers and filter companies can no longer work in siloed environments within the supply chain to meet filtration requirements for engine manufacturers," said Johnson. "Filtration solutions will need to take a 'systems' approach where we work in collaboration to provide the highest level of customer satisfaction."