Marsap services offers a portable fuel testing equipment manufactured by petrospec inc of usa. This equipment is suitable for checking variety of parameters that will allow the detection of contamination in fuel, primarily petrol. Fuel is normally contaminated with components like naphtha, kerosene and benzene. Elements like benzene are extremely harmful if present in greater quantities. The usual method for checking octane number is with an octane engine. This instrument costs more than a crore of rupees also requires about an hour for each test - and having additional running costs per test. Also, it is unable to carried around in the field. Petrospec testing equipment can give an approximate octane content within 2-3 minutes with a fair degree of accuracy. This can be transported in mobile labs and can operate on a car battery. It gives the entire break-up of chemical components that determine the octane number, unlike other portable equipment, which just give an octane engine. The models available are as follows:
Petrospec gs 100 - analyser for benzene in petrol;
Petrospec gs 300 - analyser for benzene, total aromatic, olefins and saturates;
Petrospec gs 360 - analyzer for benzene, total aromatic, olefins, saturates and total oxygenates;
Petrospec gs 1000 - analyser for benzene, total aromatics, olefins, saturates and total oxygenates and octane number.
Portable analysers for diesel and jet fuel are also available..
