The technology on which the Fitch Fuel Catalyst is based has been a widely accepted process used in the petroleum industry dating back to the mid 1800’s. This industry uses catalysts in the cracking process during refining to break large hydrocarbons into smaller ones.

According to the American Institute of Physics “Catalytic cracking is used to convert heavy hydrocarbon fractions obtained by vacuum distillation into a mixture of more useful products such as petrol and light fuel oil.”

The Fitch Fuel Catalyst does essentially the same thing on a much smaller scale in the fuel line of your oil burner, or engine. Any hydrocarbon based fuel that passes over the catalyst is refreshed and made into a more combustible fuel resulting in a more complete burn. That more complete burn ensures that the maximum energy is being extracted from the fuel while harmful emissions are being reduced.

The service technicians that work on back-up generator systems tell us that about 70 percent of engine failures are fuel-related. Given a little heat, moisture and time, the oxidative process takes over quickly on today's stored fuels, creating gum, resin and varnish—cholesterol for a major engine coronary and power shut down.

The problem begins with today's modern fuels. These so-called "clean" fuels typically deteriorate at much faster rates than fuels made 20 years ago. While all fuels suffer from the problem, most at risk are the EPA mandated reformulated gasolines (RFG) that contain oxygenate additives, derivatives of methyl alcohol and ethyl alcohol. We've seen gasoline have shelf life as little as a month-particularly if it is subjected to heat and moisture.

Diesel fuels fare a little better, but not much. Most all diesel fuel, including the EPA's mandated low sulfur version, has shelf life of from 3-to-6 months. In part, this has to do with new processing techniques developed by refiners in recent years. While the new refining methods are more efficient, producing more gasoline per barrel of crude, these fuels are often far less stable than the conventional "straight run" fuels we had before.

To make matters worse, the quality of the crude oil feedstock going into the refinery changes daily with each shipment. Processing equipment must be precisely adjusted to these varying qualities, but it doesn't always happen. This neglect results in poorly processed, less stable fuels. One oil company survey indicates that at least 50 percent of the gasoline sold today is substandard.

The Fitch Fuel Catalyst treats the fuel and not the engine or the oil burner. The result is a fresher fuel that burns more completely resulting is lower emissions and more efficient combustion. On engines mpg is improved 7-12% and on oil burners fuel savings is 10% or more.