Issue Date: August 07, 2017

Franklin Fueling Systems

Franklin Fueling Systems EVO400, EVO200 with FMP-DDS-U Discriminating Dispenser Sump Sensor and FMP-DTS-U Discriminating Turbine Sump Sensor

Interstitial Detector (Liquid-Phase)

Detector

Output Type Qualitative
Sampling Frequency Continuous
Operating Principle Float switch

Test Results

FMP-DDS/DTS

  Unleaded Gasoline Diesel E85 Water/E85
80%/20%
Upper/Lower		 20%/80%
Upper/Lower		 30%/70%
Upper/Lower
Detection time (min) 6.5 54.3 7.7 6.0 16.2 5.8
Fall time (min) <20 <60 <20 <20 <20 <20
Lower Detection Limit (in) 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125

California requires annual certification of all leak detection equipment. The certification of discriminating sensors should include functional testing of both water and product detection capabilities. Sensors can only respond to liquid directly in contact with the detection element, and are unable to detect a product release floating on an existing pool of water whose height exceeds the level of the detection element.

FMP-DDS

  Water
Detection time (min) <1
Fall time (min) <1
Threshold Level (in)  
Low Level (in) 1.0759
High Level (in) 7.4706

FMP-ULS-PS

  Water
Detection time (min) <1
Fall time (min) <1
Threshold Level (in)  
Low Level (in) 1.0678
High Level (in) 10.9636

Manufacturer and evaluator claim that sensors will respond to any liquid. Evaluations determined these sensors' responses to the liquids shown above.

*Biodiesel blends B6-B20 meeting ASTM D7467 and biodiesel B100 meeting ASTM D6751 would also produce an alarm if the sensor threshold is exceeded. Responses to these fuels were not determined, but would be expected to be very similar to the diesel responses.

Comments

Sensors can be removed, cleaned and reinstalled if an alarm is triggered or if the sensor is periodically tested. . The DDS and DTS sensors contain an identical product sensitive strip that triggers a product alarm when exposed to any type of fuel. The top and bottom floats of both types of sensors detect the presence of liquid and an alarm will be generated if the liquid rises above the threshold of either float. When the product sensitive strip was tested in each of the three mixtures of water/E85, the DDS and DTS sensors went into alarm when subjected to the top and lower layers of water/E85. For the upper layer containing hydrocarbon, the DDS sensor indicated a product alarm as designed for each of the 20%, 30% and 70% of the water/E85 mixture. For the lower layer of each of the 20%, 30% and 70% of the water/E85 mixtures, the 20% mixture indicated a product alarm after a short period of time, while the 30% and 70% mixtures indicated a water alarm when the threshold of the bottom float was exceeded but did not detect the presence of product after a period of 24 hours.

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