Velcon Filters, Inc.

 
Contact Velcon:
Phone:
719.531.5855
800.531.0180
Fax:
719.531.5690
Mailing Address:
Velcon Filters LLC
1210 Garden of the Gods Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Email:
vfsales@velcon.com

 

     
 

Diesel Fuel Laboratory
Test Capabilities

 
 

Diesel Storage Tanks

 

Facilities Overview & Mission

Velcon is committed to supplying the highest quality filtration products available in all its served markets. All of Velcon’s diesel and biodiesel filtration products are tested at our state of the art facility to each industries’ most stringent criteria, assuring premier products are available to all. At Velcon, we stand behind our products, as we continue to seek solutions to ensure quality fuel whenever and wherever it’s needed.

 

Fuel

  • Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) red dyed
  • All tests can be performed with various blend concentrations of biodiesel

 

Resistance-to-flow Test

  • Flow rates up to 60 USGPM.
  • Typical product testing from 20% to 120% of rated flow

 

Retention Test

  • ISO codes - through influent and effluent particle counts
  • Efficiency (single pass)
  • Beta ratios

 

Solids Capacity Test

  • Contamination loading conducted to maximum rated differential pressure

 

Collapse Test

  • Maximum product differential pressure to component and product failure
  • Assures structural integrity beyond element solids capacity

 

Media Migration Test

  • Effluent filtration media migration test to assure product cleanliness

 

Solids and Water Test - Environmental Conditions

  • Retention testing in single pass mode with a slurry combination of both solids and water
  • Cartridge capacity is measured at terminal pressure

 

Spin-on Seal Test

  • Maximum product seal pressure

 

Emulsified Water Coalescing Test

  • Water injected before system pump
  • Testing to assure a product affectivity to remove emulsified water from diesel fluids

 

Coarse Water Coalescing Test

  • Water injected after system pump
  • Testing to assure a product affectivity to remove bulk water from diesel fluids

 

Diesel Fuel Laboratory - Data Sheet #2113