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  • BS 2869:1998

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    Specification for fuel oils for agricultural, domestic and industrial engines and boilers

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  31-03-2006

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  15-12-1998

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Sampling
    4 Composition
    5 Characteristics
    6 Interpretation of test results
    7 Marking and labelling
    Annex A (informative) Fuel types
    Annex B (informative) Storage and handling
    Annex C (informative) Notes on properties
    Bibliography
    Figure 1 Symbol for class C1 burner fuel
    Figure C.1 Viscosity - temperature chart
    Figure C.2 Gross specific energy Qgv of burner fuels (MJ/kg)
    Figure C.3 Net specific energy Qnp of burner fuels
    (MJ/kg)
    Table 1 Characteristics of middle distillate fuels
    Table 2 Characteristics of kerosine-type burner fuels
    Table 3 Properties of residue-containing burner fuels
    Table B.1 Minimum storage and handling temperatures for
              residue-containing fuels

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    Defines requirements for eight classes of petroleum fuels for engines and boilers for use in agricultural, domestic and industrial applications.

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    Committee PTI/2
    Development Note Supersedes 97/122131 DC and BS 2869-2(1988) (06/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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    DEFSTAN 23-6/4(2005) : 2005 TECHNOLOGY GUIDANCE FOR MILITARY LOGISTICS VEHICLES
    DEFSTAN 03-2/3(1995) : 1995 CLEANING AND PREPARATION OF METAL SURFACES
    BS 779:1989 Specification for cast iron boilers for central heating and indirect hot water supply (rated output 44 kW and above)
    BS 799-4:1991 Oil burning equipment Specification for atomizing burners (other than monobloc type) together with associated equipment for single burner and multi burner installations
    BS 1179:1967 Glossary of terms used in the gas industry
    BS 5410-2:1978 Code of practice for oil firing Installations of 45 kW and above output capacity for space heating, hot water and steam supply services
    BS 5410-3:1976 Code of practice for oil firing Installations for furnaces, kilns, ovens and other industrial purposes
    BS 799-2:1991 Oil burning equipment Specification for vaporizing burners

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    BS 2000-107(1993) : 1993 METHODS OF TEST FOR PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS - DETERMINATION OF SULPHUR - LAMP COMBUSTION METHOD
    BS EN ISO 3675:1998 Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products. Laboratory determination of density. Hydrometer method
    BS 5410-3:1976 Code of practice for oil firing Installations for furnaces, kilns, ovens and other industrial purposes
    BS EN ISO 4259:2006 Petroleum products. Determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of test
    BS EN ISO 6245:2002 Methods of test for petroleum and its products. BS 2000-4: Determination of ash
    BS 2000-139(1993) : 1993 METHODS OF TEST FOR PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS - PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND LUBRICANTS - NEUTRALIZATION NUMBER - COLOUR INDICATOR TITRATION METHOD
    BS 5410-1:1977 Code of practice for oil firing Installations up to 44 kW output capacity for space heating and hot water supply purposes
    BS EN 116:2015 Diesel and domestic heating fuels. Determination of cold filter plugging point. Stepwise cooling bath method
    BS 3195-2:1989 Methods for sampling petroleum products Automatic pipeline sampling of liquid hydrocarbons
    BS EN ISO 8754:2003 Petroleum products. Determination of sulfur content. Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
    BS 2000-375(1994) : 1994 METHODS OF TEST FOR PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS - PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - TOTAL SEDIMENT IN RESIDUAL FUEL OILS - DETERMINATION BY HOT FILTRATION
    BS EN 590 : 2013 AUTOMOTIVE FUELS - DIESEL - REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS
    BS 2000-12(1993) : 1993 METHODS OF TEST FOR PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS - DETERMINATION OF SPECIFIC ENERGY
    BS EN ISO 3735:1999 Crude petroleum and fuel oils. Determination of sediment. Extraction method
    BS EN ISO 12185:1996 Methods of test for petroleum and its products. Crude petroleum and petroleum products. Determination of density. Oscillating U-tube method
    BS EN ISO 5165:1998 Petroleum products. Determination of the ignition quality of diesel fuels. Cetane engine method
    BS EN ISO 13736:2008 Determination of flash point. Abel closed-cup method
    BS 7392:1990 Method for determination of distillation characteristics of petroleum products
    BS 2000-10(1995) : 1995 METHODS OF TEST FOR PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS - DETERMINATION OF KEROSINE BURNING CHARACTERISTICS - 24 HOUR METHOD
    BS EN ISO 3104:1996 Methods of test for petroleum and its products. Petroleum products. Transparent and opaque liquids. Determination of kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity
    BS EN ISO 4264 : 2007 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - CALCULATION OF CETANE INDEX OF MIDDLE-DISTILLATE FUELS BY THE FOUR-VARIABLE EQUATION
    BS EN ISO 13759:1997 Methods of test for petroleum and its products. Petroleum products. Determination of alkyl nitrate in diesel fuels. Spectrometric method
    BS 5410-2:1978 Code of practice for oil firing Installations of 45 kW and above output capacity for space heating, hot water and steam supply services
    BS EN ISO 2160:1998 Petroleum products. Corrosiveness to copper. Copper strip test
    BS EN ISO 10370:2014 Petroleum products. Determination of carbon residue. Micro method
    BS EN 22719:1994 Methods of test for petroleum and its products. Petroleum products and lubricants. Determination of flash point. Pensky-Martens closed cup method
    ASTM D 1744 : 2013 Standard Test Method for Determination of Water in Liquid Petroleum Products by Karl Fischer Reagent (Withdrawn 2016)
    BS EN ISO 3838:2004 Methods of test for petroleum and its products. BS 2000-189/190. Crude petroleum and liquid or solid petroleum products. Determination of density or relative density. Capillary-stoppered pyknometer and graduated bicapillary pyknometer methods
    BS 2000-57(1995) : 1995 METHODS OF TEST FOR PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS - PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - DETERMINATION OF THE SMOKE POINT OF KEROSINE
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