Parker Velcon’s CDF-X™ Completes EI 1588 Qualification Testing

With the 2020 deadline for elimination of all SAP based filter monitors quickly approaching, the CDF-X™ provides the only non-SAP drop-in replacement for the EI 1588 filter monitors for the aviation fuel filtration industry.


After the Surabaya incident in 2010, pressure began to mount in the Aviation Refueling market that SAP (Super Absorbing Polymer) monitor technology needed to be replaced.  With this knowledge, Parker Velcon began developing a fresh approach for into-plane fueling filtration technology.  Since there is no practical solution in designing absorbent containing monitors that can guarantee zero downstream extractables, water and dirt had to be stopped using proven dirt filtration and hydrophobic technologies.

Parker Velcon dedicated significant resources to developing a new technology branded CDFX™ (Clean Dry Fuel eXtreme). Their goal for this project, from its inception, was to provide a product that is reliable in defending against both water and dirt contaminants at into-plane refueling.  When Parker began working on this project years ago, they had very high expectations on the performance of the CDFX™ monitor. 

Working closely with the Energy Institute, Parker Velcon supported the development of the EI 1588 Water Barrier specification for element qualification.  This rigorous specification contains most of the same tests and all the same effluent requirements in the traditional EI 1583 fuel filter monitor specification.  The twenty-one tests included in this specification consist of the rejection of emulsified and slug water, filtration of solids/dirt removal, salt water and DiEGME (FSII) resistance, and many challenges at varying fuel flow conditions.

Velcon Completes EI 1588 Qualification Testing!

Last week Parker's engineering team, global business development managers and several representatives of the Energy Institute were focused on putting Parker Velcon CDFX™ Water Barrier Technology through the rigorous testing regime required of EI specification 1588. With the 2020 deadline for elimination of all SAP based filter monitors quickly approaching, the CDFX™ provides the only non-SAP drop-in replacement for the EI 1588 filter monitors for the aviation fuel filtration industry.

The CDF-X™ passed all twenty-one (21) EI 1588 Qualification tests, including the five (5) non-mandatory tests in fuel with FSII. In addition, Electrostatic Charge Generation Testing was conducted and passed with a separate EI Witness, Dr. Harold Walmsley, on April 24-25.

"The results were impressive. It fully met and/or exceeded all test performance and expectations." – Witness Team

What Happens Next?

Per JIG Technical Newsletter No. 4, which outlines the process for filter monitor transition, Parker's next step is robustness testing then followed by field trials.  Please click the link below to review the JIG Technical Bulletin for details on the required process. 



Parker Velcon CDF-X™ Stage II Robustness Test

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