Parker ACM2020 - Aviation Fuel Contamination Monitors

Development work carried out by the CMC engineers, in conjunction with Exxon Mobil Aviation, highlighted the need for an alternative test method to determine the levels of dispersed contamination in Jet fuel. 5 years of field testing and development of the already established and successful icountLCM20 Hydraulic Laser Particle Counter saw the introduction of the Parker icountACM20 with enhanced software providing the user with a better understanding of the contamination present in a sample. As the benchmark particle counter for use in measuring the levels of contamination in fuels, the icountACM20, as per the UK’s Energy Institute Test Method IP564, has now been included in the DEFSTAN 91-91 Issue 6 Jet Fuel Specification as a report only test alongside the current Gravimetric test method (IP423 or ASTM D5452) and Clear & Bright Visual test method (IP216 or ASTM D2276).

Applications

The Parker icountACM20 Portable Particle Counter has been developed from existing technology for monitoring contamination in AvTur and other hydrocarbon fuels, in accordance with the Energy Institute (EI) Method IP 564.

In addition, the ACM can also be used to monitor various fuels from existing sampling points in locations from refineries, pipelines, distribution terminals, airport fuel supply systems all the way through to the point of uplift into aircraft*.