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Fuel Monitoring Equipment

Clear & Bright
Although recognised as being very subjective, the Clear and Bright test is still used to determine particulate and water contamination levels in fuel.
Problems with thismethod are the visual variations from one person to the next. Also the human eye can only see objects bigger than 30-40 μ(c). Anything above that is really of no concern as these relatively large particles are easily removed by current filtration methods.

Gravimetric Millipore
More widely used across the industry and considered to be much more reliable. But is it? As with all the current methods, we have to ask are we looking at those parts of the contamination that cause damage in our fuel systems? No! Gravimetric Millipore filters out all particles greater than 0.8μ. Large particles of dirt impact greatly on the results but, as with C&B, they have no real importance. It is the small particles that we cannot see and the concentration of those particles that are of real concern, especially when taking into consideration the critical tolerance in today's aero derived Gas turbines.

ACM20 data sheet

Icount data sheet