1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers biodiesel (B100) Grades S15 and S500 for use as a blend component with middle distillate fuels.

1.2 This specification prescribes the required properties of diesel fuels at the time and place of delivery. The specification requirements may be applied at other points in the production and distribution system when provided by agreement between the purchaser and the supplier.

1.3 Nothing in this specification shall preclude observance of federal, state, or local regulations which may be more restrictive.

Note 1The generation and dissipation of static electricity can create problems in the handling of distillate fuel oils with which biodiesel may be blended. For more information on the subject, see Guide D4865 .

1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

1.4.1 Exception In Annex A1, the values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

D93 Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester

D130 Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Test

D189 Test Method for Conradson Carbon Residue of Petroleum Products

D445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)

D524 Test Method for Ramsbottom Carbon Residue of Petroleum Products

D613 Test Method for Cetane Number of Diesel Fuel Oil

D664 Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Titration

D874 Test Method for Sulfated Ash from Lubricating Oils and Additives

D974 Test Method for Acid and Base Number by Color-Indicator Titration

D975 Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils

D976 Test Method for Calculated Cetane Index of Distillate Fuels

D1160 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Reduced Pressure

D1266 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Lamp Method)

D1796 Test Method for Water and Sediment in Fuel Oils by the Centrifuge Method (Laboratory Procedure)

D2274 Test Method for Oxidation Stability of Distillate Fuel Oil (Accelerated Method)

D2500 Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum Products

D2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

D2709 Test Method for Water and Sediment in Middle Distillate Fuels by Centrifuge

D2880 Specification for Gas Turbine Fuel Oils

D3117 Test Method for Wax Appearance Point of Distillate Fuels

D3120 Test Method for Trace Quantities of Sulfur in Light Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Microcoulometry

D3242 Test Method for Acidity in Aviation Turbine Fuel

D3828 Test Methods for Flash Point by Small Scale Closed Cup Tester

D4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products

D4177 Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products

D4294 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

D4530 Test Method for Determination of Carbon Residue (Micro Method)

D4737 Test Method for Calculated Cetane Index by Four Variable Equation

D4865 Guide for Generation and Dissipation of Static Electricity in Petroleum Fuel Systems

D4951 Test Method for Determination of Additive Elements in Lubricating Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry

D5453 Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence

D5771 Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum Products (Optical Detection Stepped Cooling Method)

D5772 Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum Products (Linear Cooling Rate Method)

D5773 Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum Products (Constant Cooling Rate Method)

D6217 Test Method for Particulate Contamination in Middle Distillate Fuels by Laboratory Filtration

D6450 Test Method for Flash Point by Continuously Closed Cup (CCCFP) Tester

D6469 Guide for Microbial Contamination in Fuels and Fuel Systems

D6584 Test Method for Determination of Total Monoglycerides, Total Diglycerides, Total Triglycerides, and Free and Total Glycerin in B-100 Biodiesel Methyl Esters by Gas Chromatography

D6890 Test Method for Determination of Ignition Delay and Derived Cetane Number (DCN) of Diesel Fuel Oils by Combustion in a Constant Volume Chamber

D7039 Test Method for Sulfur in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel by Monochromatic Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

D7397 Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum Products (Miniaturized Optical Method)

D7501 Test Method for Determination of Fuel Filter Blocking Potential of Biodiesel (B100) Blend Stock by Cold Soak Filtration Test (CSFT)

Government Standard

Keywords

alternative fuel; biodiesel fuel; diesel fuel oil; fuel oil; renewable resource;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 75.160.20 (Liquid fuels)

DOI: 10.1520/D6751-11

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