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Biodiesel => Biodiesel equipment => Topic started by: Oilybloke on July 31, 2014, 05:54:27 PM

Title: MDPE tank.
Post by: Oilybloke on July 31, 2014, 05:54:27 PM

I have to get a 2.5k litre storage tank for a new client who intends to use a 50/50 blend of bio/dino. An MDPE tank 'that is special grade of biofuel resistant MDPE' is £600 dearer than a regular one. Does bio really eat MDPE? Do I really need to spend the extra dosh?

Cheers!

Title: Re: MDPE tank.
Post by: oakwoodtv on July 31, 2014, 11:02:57 PM

It seems ok a quick googel gave this.

http://www.commercialfuelsolutions.co.uk/equipment/biodiesel_storage_tank/10000FS.html

Title: Re: MDPE tank.
Post by: julesandtash on August 01, 2014, 10:17:10 AM

I store B100 in a standard plastic central heating oil tank. I must have been using that for over two years now with no noticeable effects. Splashes on the outside dont seem to affect the plastic either

Title: Re: MDPE tank.
Post by: Oilybloke on August 01, 2014, 05:10:07 PM

I spoke to a (very helpful) potential supplier today, and he told me that I had to buy the bio-friendly one. So I asked, with admitted scepticism, if the manufacturer really had a different blend of MDPE for these tanks.

Well, no, he admitted. He used to work for the people that make them!