Presentation Profile
MONDAY SESSION * Diesel Fuel Test Methods - An Overview
Currently Scheduled: 10/10/2022 - 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: Ivy Room 2 - Moody Gardens Hotel
Main Author
David Forester - ASTM International
Abstract:
This 1-day course on test methods for diesel fuel has been especially developed for the Gulf Coast Conference. It draws some material from the regular 3-day ASTM Diesel Fuel Course, and adds specific details about manual and automated test methods that are used to evaluate batches of diesel fuel. Original test methods were manual procedures, and over the past few decades, instrument manufacturers have developed automated instruments to measure many properties.
Subjects to be discussed include:
- ASTM D975, the diesel fuel specification used in the States;
- Detailed properties and the relevant test methods;
- Manual test methods versus automated test methods;
- Relationships between various properties such as sulfur & lubricity / conductivity, gasoline contamination and flash point / viscosity; paraffin (wax) content and low temperature operability;
- Additives used in diesel fuel and their impact on properties.
ASTM Standards Referenced
- Diesel fuel specification: D975
- Flash point: D93, D56, D3828, D7094
- Water & Sediment: 2709, D7619
- Distillation: D86, D2887, D7344, D7345
- Kinematic Viscosity: D445, D7042
- Ash: D482
- Sulfur: D5453, D7039, D129, D1266, D1552, D2622, D3120, D4294, D7220
- Copper Corrosion: D130
- Cetane Quality: D613; D4737, D976, D6890, D7668, D8183
- Aromatics: D1319, D976-80
- Low Temperature Operability: D2500, D5771, D5772, D5773, D4539, D6371, D7683, D7689
- Carbon Residue: D524
- Lubricity: D6079, D7688
- Conductivity: D2624, D4308
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