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  • BS EN 590 : 2013

    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

    AUTOMOTIVE FUELS - DIESEL - REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  30-11-2019

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2013

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    European foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Sampling
    4 Pump marking
    5 Requirements and test methods
    Annex A (normative) - Details of inter-laboratory
            test programme
    Bibliography
    National Annex NA (normative) - Sampling requirements
    National Annex NB (normative) - Pump marking requirements
    National Annex NC (normative) - Climate-dependent requirements

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Defines requirements and test methods for marketed and delivered automotive diesel fuel.

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    Committee PTI/2
    Development Note Supersedes 98/121975 DC. (05/2005) Supersedes 99/121726 DC. (03/2007) Supersedes 11/30249539 DC. (09/2013) 2013 Edition Re-Issued in September 2017 & incorporates AMD 1 2017. (10/2017)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    12/30259259 DC : 0 BS 6380 - GUIDE TO LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES AND COLD WEATHER USE OF DIESEL FUELS AND GAS OILS
    BS 2869:2006 Fuel oils for agricultural, domestic and industrial engines and boilers. Specification
    BS 5410-3:2016 Code of practice for oil firing Installations for furnaces, kilns, ovens, oil-fuelled generators and other industrial purposes
    DEFSTAN 68-272/1(2002) : 2002 SMOKE DYE SOLUTIONS, RED AND BLUE
    DEFSTAN 23-6/4(2005) : 2005 TECHNOLOGY GUIDANCE FOR MILITARY LOGISTICS VEHICLES
    10/30218583 DC : 0 BS 2869 - FUEL OILS FOR AGRICULTURAL, DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINES AND BOILERS - SPECIFICATION
    17/30351591 DC : 0 BS 2869 - FUEL OILS FOR AGRICULTURAL, DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINES AND BOILERS - SPECIFICATION
    DEFSTAN 40-15/1(1994) : 1994 SAFETY CONDITIONS FOR MOBILE MECHANICAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN HAZARDOUS AREAS
    EN 16942:2016 Fuels - Identification of vehicle compatibility - Graphical expression for consumer information
    BS 6380(2012) : 2012 GUIDE TO LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES AND COLD WEATHER USE OF DIESEL FUELS AND GAS OILS
    BS 7959-1:2004 Materials used for the control of liquid spillages Determination of sorbency
    BS 6380:1997 Guide to low temperature properties and cold weather use of diesel fuels and gas oils conforming to BS EN 590 and classes A2 and D of BS 2869
    BS PAS 26(1998) : 1998 MANHOLE TOPS INTENDED FOR USE ON SERVICE STATION FORECOURTS AND PAVEMENT AREAS - REQUIREMENTS, PERFORMANCE AND MARKING
    BS EN 16942:2016 Fuels. Identification of vehicle compatibility. Graphical expression for consumer information
    MIL-PRF-32090 Revision A:2016 DELIVERY SYSTEM, AERIAL, BULK FUEL
    04/30092197 DC : DRAFT MARCH 2004 BS 7959-1 - MATERIALS USED FOR THE CONTROL OF LIQUID SPILLAGES - PART 1 - DETERMINATION OF SORBENCY
    ASTM D 8070 : 2016 Standard Test Method for Screening of Fuels and Fuel Associated Aqueous Specimens for Microbial Contamination by Lateral Flow Immunoassay
    BS 2869:2017 Fuel oils for agricultural, domestic and industrial engines and boilers Specification
    BS 5410-1:1997 Code of practice for oil firing Installations up to 45 kW output capacity for space heating and hot water supply purposes
    BS 2869(2010) : 2010 FUEL OILS FOR AGRICULTURAL, DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINES AND BOILERS - SPECIFICATION
    BS 2869:1998 Specification for fuel oils for agricultural, domestic and industrial engines and boilers

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    ISO 3171:1988 Petroleum liquids — Automatic pipeline sampling
    ISO 2719:2016 Determination of flash point — Pensky-Martens closed cup method
    ISO 13759:1996 Petroleum products — Determination of alkyl nitrate in diesel fuels — Spectrometric method
    EN 12916:2016 Petroleum products - Determination of aromatic hydrocarbon types in middle distillates - High performance liquid chromatography method with refractive index detection
    BS 2000-475(2004) : 2004 METHODS OF TEST FOR PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS - BS 2000-475: PETROLEUM LIQUIDS - MANUAL SAMPLING
    ISO 12937:2000 Petroleum products — Determination of water — Coulometric Karl Fischer titration method
    BS 2000-476(2002) : 2002 METHODS OF TEST FOR PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS - BS 2000-476: PETROLEUM LIQUIDS - AUTOMATIC PIPELINE SAMPLING
    BS EN 14275:2013 Automotive fuels. Assessment of petrol and diesel fuel quality. Sampling from retail site pumps and commercial site fuel dispensers
    ISO 3170:2004 Petroleum liquids — Manual sampling
    ISO 3675:1998 Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products Laboratory determination of density Hydrometer method
    EN ISO 3104:1996 Petroleum products - Transparent and opaque liquids - Determination of kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity (ISO 3104:1994)
    ISO 4264:2007 Petroleum products Calculation of cetane index of middle-distillate fuels by the four-variable equation
    ISO 5165:1998 Petroleum products Determination of the ignition quality of diesel fuels Cetane engine method
    EN 116:2015 Diesel and domestic heating fuels - Determination of cold filter plugging point - Stepwise cooling bath method
    EN ISO 12185:1996 Crude petroleum and petroleum products - Determination of density - Oscillating U-tube method (ISO 12185:1996)
    EN 16715 : 2015 LIQUID PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - DETERMINATION OF IGNITION DELAY AND DERIVED CETANE NUMBER (DCN) OF MIDDLE DISTILLATE FUELS - IGNITION DELAY AND COMBUSTION DELAY DETERMINATION USING A CONSTANT VOLUME COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH DIRECT FUEL INJECTION
    ISO 2160:1998 Petroleum products Corrosiveness to copper Copper strip test
    ISO 12156-1:2016 Diesel fuel Assessment of lubricity using the high-frequency reciprocating rig (HFRR) Part 1: Test method
    BS EN ISO 3171:1999 Methods of test for petroleum and its products. BS 2000-476: Petroleum liquids. Automatic pipeline sampling
    EN 16144:2012 Liquid petroleum products - Determination of ignition delay and derived cetane number (DCN) of middle distillate fuels - Fixed range injection period, constant volume combustion chamber method
    EN ISO 10370:2014 Petroleum products - Determination of carbon residue - Micro method (ISO 10370:2014)
    EN ISO 3675:1998 Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products - Laboratory determination of density - Hydrometer method (ISO 3675:1998)
    EN 15195:2014 Liquid petroleum products - Determination of ignition delay and derived cetane number (DCN) of middle distillate fuels by combustion in a constant volume chamber
    EN ISO 12205 : 1996 Petroleum products - Determination of the oxidation stability of middle-distillate fuels (ISO 12205:1995)
    EN ISO 13032:2012 Petroleum products - Determination of low concentration of sulfur in automotive fuels - Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometric method (ISO 13032:2012)
    EN ISO 3405:2011 Petroleum products - Determination of distillation characteristics at atmospheric pressure (ISO 3405:2011)
    EN 14331:2004 Liquid petroleum products - Separation and characterisation of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) from middle distillates - Liquid chromatography (LC)/gas chromatography (GC) method
    ISO 10370:2014 Petroleum products — Determination of carbon residue — Micro method
    ISO 12185:1996 Crude petroleum and petroleum products — Determination of density — Oscillating U-tube method
    EN 16576 : 2014 AUTOMOTIVE FUELS - DETERMINATION OF MANGANESE AND IRON CONTENT IN DIESEL - INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY (ICP OES) METHOD
    EN ISO 3924:2016 Petroleum products - Determination of boiling range distribution - Gas chromatography method (ISO 3924:2016)
    ISO 20884:2011 Petroleum products Determination of sulfur content of automotive fuels Wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
    ISO 12205:1995 Petroleum products — Determination of the oxidation stability of middle-distillate fuels
    BS EN ISO 3170:2004 Methods of test for petroleum and its products. BS 2000-475: Petroleum liquids. Manual sampling
    ISO 6245:2001 Petroleum products — Determination of ash
    EN 16329:2013 Diesel and domestic heating fuels - Determination of cold filter plugging point - Linear cooling bath method
    ISO 4259:2006 Petroleum products Determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of test
    EN 12662:2014 Liquid petroleum products - Determination of total contamination in middle distillates, diesel fuels and fatty acid methyl esters
    EN ISO 6245:2002 Petroleum products - Determination of ash (ISO 6245:2001)
    EN ISO 12937:2000 Petroleum products - Determination of water - Coulometric Karl Fischer titration method (ISO 12937:2000)
    EN 15751:2014 Automotive fuels - Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) fuel and blends with diesel fuel - Determination of oxidation stability by accelerated oxidation method
    BS 2000-509(2013) : 2013 AUTOMOTIVE FUELS - ASSESSMENT OF PETROL AND DIESEL FUEL QUALITY - SAMPLING FROM RETAIL SITE PUMPS AND COMMERCIAL SITE FUEL DISPENSERS
    EN 23015:1994 Petroleum products - Determination of cloud point (ISO 3015:1992)
    EN 16942:2016 Fuels - Identification of vehicle compatibility - Graphical expression for consumer information
    EN ISO 2719:2016 Determination of flash point - Pensky-Martens closed cup method (ISO 2719:2016)
    ISO 3405:2011 Petroleum products Determination of distillation characteristics at atmospheric pressure
    EN ISO 13759:1996 Petroleum products - Determination of alkyl nitrate in diesel fuels - Spectrometric method (ISO 13759:1996)
    ISO 20846:2011 Petroleum products Determination of sulfur content of automotive fuels Ultraviolet fluorescence method
    EN ISO 20884:2011 Petroleum products - Determination of sulfur content of automotive fuels - Wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (ISO 20884:2011)
    EN ISO 2160:1998 Petroleum products - Corrosiveness to copper - Copper strip test (ISO 2160:1998)
    EN ISO 20846:2011 Petroleum products - Determination of sulfur content of automotive fuels - Ultraviolet fluorescence method (ISO 20846:2011)
    ISO 13032:2012 Petroleum products Determination of low concentration of sulfur in automotive fuels Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometric method
    EN ISO 3170:2004 Petroleum liquids - Manual sampling (ISO 3170:2004)
    EN ISO 3171:1999 Petroleum liquids - Automatic pipeline sampling (ISO 3171:1988)
    ISO 3015:1992 Petroleum products — Determination of cloud point
    EN ISO 4259:2006 Petroleum products - Determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of test (ISO 4259:2006)
    ISO 3924:2016 Petroleum products Determination of boiling range distribution Gas chromatography method
    EN 14078:2014 Liquid petroleum products - Determination of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) content in middle distillates - Infrared spectrometry method
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