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.
Dated 18 September 2003
DAVID KEMP
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.
Dated 18 September 2003
DAVID KEMP
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 |
(2) A property of biodiesel mentioned in the following table must meet the specification mentioned for the property from the date mentioned for the property.
Item | Property | Specification | Date |
1 | Density at 15C | 860 to 890 kg/m3 | 18 September 2003 |
2 | Distillation T90 | 360C (max) | 18 September 2003 |
3 | Viscosity | 3.5 to 5.0 mm2/s @ 40C | 18 September 2003 |
4 | Flashpoint | 120.0C (min) | 18 September 2003 |
5 | Copper strip corrosion (3hrs @ 50C) | 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 @ 110C (min) | 18 September 2004 |
5 Testing methods
(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 |
(2) For subsection (1):
(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.