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Applications for diesel additives: Inoculating diesel

KEEPING IT BRIEF

The main factors that impact the ageing and decomposition of diesel are oxygen, water, light and microorganisims penetrating the tank.

The additives can almost completely stop the diesel bug forming.

If there are signs of diesel bugs, a bactericide can be used to stop the decomposition so you use up the remaining diesel.

Exocet will be more commonly found in the UK and Ireland. Rotech is the distributor for the latter.

The purpose of including an additive is to benefit the core properties of a substance. This could be something as simple as putting milk in coffee to influence the taste, or even lemon juice in a fruit salad, with the juice’s ascorbic acid preventing the cut fruit from turning brown. Out of

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