Comparison of different national standards for biodiesel

-	Europe	Austria	Czech Republic	France	Germany	Italy	Sweden	USA	Australia
Standard /	EN 14214	ON C1191	CSN 65 6507	Journal Officiel	DIN V 51606	UNI 10635	SS 155436	ASTM D-6751	Fuel Standard (Biodiesel) Determination
Specification
Date	2003	July 1997	sep-98	sep-97	sep-97	April 1997	nov-96	Jan	sep-03
								2002
Application	FAME	FAME	RME	VOME	FAME	VOME	VOME	FAMAE	-
Density	0.86 -0.90	0.85 - 0.89	0.87 - 0.89	0.87 - 0.90	0.875 - 0.90	0.86 -0.90	0.87 - 0.90	-	860 to 890 kg/m3
15°C g/cm
Viscos. 40°C mm2/s	3.5-5.0	3.5-5.0	3.5-5.0	3.5-5.0	3.5-5.0	3.5-5.0	3.5-5.0	1.9-6.0	3.5-5.0
Distillat.	-	-	-	<360	-	<360	-	90% @ 360°C	<360
95% °C
Flashpoint °C	>120	>100	>110	>100	>110	>100	>100	>130 (150 av.)	>120
CFPP °C	*country specific	0/-15	-5	-	0/-10/-20	-	-5	-	-
(cold filter plugging point)
Pour point °C	-	-	-	<-10	-	<0/	-	-	-
						<-15
Sulfur	<10 mg/kg	<0.02	<0.02	-	<0.01	<0.01	<0.001	<0.05	50 mg/kg (max)
% mass									10 mg/kg (max) (from 1 Feb 2006)
CCR 100%	-	<0.05	<0.05	-	<0.05	-	-	-	-
% mass
10% dist. resid.	<0.3	-	-	<0.3	-	<0.5	-	-	-
% mass
Sulfated ash	<0.02	<0.02	<0.02	-	<0.03	-	-	<0.02	<0.02
% mass
(Oxid) Ash	-	-	-	-	-	<0.01	<0.01	-	-
% mass
Water mg/kg	<500	-	<500	<200	<300	<700	<300	<0.05% vol. (water & sediment)	<0.05% vol
									(water & sediment)
Total contam. mg/kg	<24	-	<24	-	<20	-	<20	-	<24
Cu-Corros. 3h/50°C	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	<No.3	<10 mg/kg sulfur Class 1 (max)
									>10 mg/kg sulfur No. 3 (max)
Oxidation stability hrs;110°C	6 hours min	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6 hours min
Cetane No.	>51	>49	>48	>49	>49	-	>48	>47	>51
Neutral. No.	<0.5	<0.8	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5	<0.6	<0.8	<0.8
(Acid value) mgKOH/g
Methanol	<0.20	<0.20	-	<0.1	<0.3	<0.2	<0.2	-	<0.2
% mass
Ester content	>96.5	-	-	>96.5	-	>98	>98	-	>96.5
% mass
Monoglyceride.	<0.8	-	-	<0.8	<0.8	<0.8	<0.8	-	-
% mass
Diglyceride	<0.2	-	-	<0.2	<0.4	<0.2	<0.1	-	-
% mass
Triglyceride	<0.2	-	-	<0.2	<0.4	<0.1	<0.1	-	-
% mass
Free glycerol	<0.02	<0.02	<0.02	<0.02	<0.02	<0.05	<0.02	<0.02	<0.02
% mass
Total glycerol	<0.25	<0.24	<0.24	<0.25	<0.25	-	-	<0.24	<0.25
% mass
Iodine No.	<120	<120	-	<115	<115	-	<125	-	-
Linolenic acid ME %mass	<12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C18:3 and high. unsat.acids	-	<15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
% mass
C(x:4) & greater unsaturated esters % mass	<1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Phosphor	<10	<20	<20	<10	<10	<10	<10	<0.001% mass	<10
mg/kg
Ramsbottom carbon residue, % mass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.10	-
Carbon residue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	<0.050% by mass	<0.30% mass (10% distillation residue)
									<0.050% mass (100% distillation sample)
Gp I metals (Na,K) mg/kg	<5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	<5
Gp II metals (Ca,Mg) mg/kg	<5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	<5
Alkalinity mg/kg	-	-	<10	<5	<5	-	<10	-	-
RME: Rapeseed oil methyl ester
FAME: Fatty acid methyl ester
VOME: Vegetable oil methyl ester
FAMAE: Fatty acid mono alkyl ester

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