Fuel Standard (Biodiesel) Determination 2003
I, DAVID ALISTAIR KEMP, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, make this Determination under section 21 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000.
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Fuel Standard (Biodiesel) Determination 2003.
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on gazettal.
3 Definitions
In this Determination:
ASTM International means the standards development organisation of that name.
biodiesel means a diesel fuel obtained by esterification of oil derived from plants or animals.
European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) means the standards development organisation of that name.
4 Fuel standards for biodiesel
(1) Biodiesel that contains a substance mentioned in the following table must not contain more than the amount mentioned for the substance from the date mentioned for the substance.
| Item
|
Substance
|
Amount
|
Date
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1
|
Sulfur
|
50
mg/kg
|
18
September 2003
|
| 2
|
Sulfur
|
10
mg/kg
|
1
February 2006
|
| 3
|
Sulfated
ash
|
0.020%
mass
|
18
September 2003
|
| 4
|
Carbon
residue -- 10% distillation residue; or
|
0.30%
mass
|
18
September 2003
|
| Carbon
residue -- 100% distillation sample
|
0.050%
mass
|
18
September 2003
| |
| 5
|
Water
and sediment
|
0.050%
vol
|
18
September 2003
|
| 6
|
Phosphorus
|
10
mg/kg
|
18
September 2003
|
| 7
|
Free
glycerol
|
0.020%
mass
|
18
September 2004
|
| 8
|
Total
glycerol
|
0.250%
mass
|
18
September 2004
|
| 9
|
Metals --
Group I (Na, K)
|
5
mg/kg
|
18
September 2004
|
| 10
|
Metals --
Group II (Ca, Mg)
|
5
mg/kg
|
18
September 2004
|
| 11
|
Alcohol
|
0.20%
(m/m)
|
18
September 2004
|
| Item
|
Property
|
Specification
|
Date
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1
|
Density
at 15°C
|
860
to 890 kg/m3
|
18
September 2003
|
| 2
|
Distillation
T90
|
360°C
(max)
|
18
September 2003
|
| 3
|
Viscosity
|
3.5
to 5.0 mm2/s @ 40°C
|
18
September 2003
|
| 4
|
Flashpoint
|
120.0°C
(min)
|
18
September 2003
|
| 5
|
Copper
strip corrosion (3hrs @ 50°C)
|
No.
3 (max)
|
18
September 2003
|
| 6
|
Ester
content
|
96.5%
(m/m) (min)
|
18
September 2003
|
| 7
|
Acid
value
|
0.80
mg KOH/g (max)
|
18
September 2003
|
| 8
|
Total
contamination
|
24
mg/kg (max)
|
18
September 2004
|
| 9
|
Cetane
number
|
51.0
(min)
|
18
September 2004
|
| 10
|
Oxidation
stability
|
6
hours @ 110°C (min)
|
18
September 2004
|
(1) Compliance with the standard set out in section 4 for the substance or property is determined by the testing method for the substance or property in the following table:
| Item
|
Substance
or property
|
Testing
method
|
|---|---|---|
| 1
|
Acid
value
|
ASTM
D664
|
| 2
|
Alcohol
|
prEN 14110
|
| 3
|
Carbon
residue -- 10% distillation residue
|
EN
ISO 10370
|
| 4
|
Carbon
residue -- 100% distillation sample
|
ASTM
D4530
|
| 5
|
Cetane
number
|
EN
ISO 5165 or ASTM D613
|
| 6
|
Contamination
(total)
|
EN
12662 or ASTM D5452
|
| 7
|
Copper
strip corrosion
|
ASTM
D130
|
| 8
|
Density
|
ASTM
D1298 or EN ISO 3675
|
| 9
|
Distillation
T90
|
ASTM
D1160
|
| 10
|
Ester
content
|
prEN
14103
|
| 11
|
Flashpoint
|
ASTM
D93
|
| 12
|
Glycerol (free)
|
ASTM
D6584
|
| 13
|
Glycerol (total)
|
ASTM
D6584
|
| 14
|
Metals --
Group I (Na, K)
|
prEN 14108
and prEN 14109
|
| 15
|
Metals --
Group II (Ca, Mg)
|
prEN 14538
|
| 16
|
Oxidation
stability
|
prEN
14112 or ASTM D2274 (as relevant to biodiesel)
|
| 17
|
Phosphorus
|
ASTM
D4951
|
| 18
|
Sulfur
|
ASTM
D5453
|
| 19
|
Sulfated
ash
|
ASTM
D874
|
| 20
|
Viscosity
|
ASTM
D445
|
| 21
|
Water
and sediment
|
ASTM
D2709
|
(a) ASTM followed by an alphanumeric code means the testing method developed by ASTM International under the alphanumeric code; and
(b) prEN, EN and EN ISO followed by a number means the testing method developed by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) under the code and number.