Arctic Flow Plus+

Arctic Flow Plus+ is a concentrated, multifunctional diesel fuel treatment that eliminates the major problems associated with diesel fuel during winter use: moisture and gelling. Arctic Flow Plus+ eliminates the problems associated with dissolved moisture present in the fuel by dispersing the moisture into tiny droplets. These tiny droplets are suspended in the fuel so they can be carried with the fuel through the fuel filters, fuel lines, and into the combustion chamber to be burned with the fuel. By having the remaining moisture dispersed and suspended in the fuel, Arctic Flow Plus+ eliminates the formation of ice crystals that can block fuel lines and plug fuel filters.

Arctic Flow Plus+, when added to the diesel fuel before the fuel has reached its cloud point, and prevents the formation of wax crystals. The flow improvers in Arctic Flow Plus+ modify the individual wax crystals by encapsulating and dispersing them as they are formed. This not only drastically reduces the size of the wax crystals, but also prevents the growth of larger wax crystals and their adhesion to each other. This in turn allows the wax crystals to flow through the fuel filters and lines and into the combustion chamber with the fuel. With the addition of Arctic Flow Plus+, the gelling point of the fuel is lowered on an average 15° to 25°F below the original gelling point of the untreated diesel fuel. Also the addition of Arctic Flow Plus+ to the diesel fuel can eliminate or reduce the amount of No. 1 diesel fuel that is blended into the No. 2 diesel fuel during extremely cold weather.

Product Benefits

Stops fuel line freeze
Retards gelling
Lowers cold filter plugging point
Keeps injectors clean
Increases fuel efficiency
Provides lubricity protection

Increased Lubricity Protection with SynShield™

Today’s diesel powered vehicles feature low emission engines that are more susceptible than ever to Ultra Low Sulfur diesel fuel related wear. Diesel engine designs are employing the use of higher fuel injection pressures, hotter fuel return temperatures, higher operating temperatures and complex engine geometry to control emissions. All of these factors result in increased fuel system wear and can shorten engine life.

The mandate by the United States EPA to reduce the sulfur content of diesel fuels to control emissions has resulted in the elimination of certain naturally occurring polar compounds that aid in the protection of the fuel system from wear by forming a protective layer on the metal surfaces of the fuel injection system. The increased use of the hydro-treating and hydro-cracking refining processes to reduce the sulfur content of the diesel fuel in order to meet the mandated sulfur content of 0.5% and the 2006 ultra low sulfur diesel fuel specification of 0.05% causes these naturally occurring polar compounds to become either chemically altered or completely removed, thus resulting in increased engine and fuel system wear.

To protect today’s diesel engines from fuel system related wear, Schaeffer Mfg has further blended into the Arctic Flow Plus+, a proprietary lubricity additive called SynShield™. SynShield is one of the few lubricity additives that not only surpasses industry standards for diesel fuel lubricity but also exceeds the EPA’s new standard by being the only lubricity additive that does not contain sulfur or sulfur containing compounds. SynShield prevents fuel system wear and injector scoring by forming a protective layer on the metal surfaces of the fuel system and injectors that provide boundary lubrication between metallic parts in critical fuel system components. This protective boundary lubrication film not only reduces friction and wear between the fuel system surfaces that are in relative motion but also increases fuel system component life, thus leading to less downtime and longer equipment life.