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Table 14
Perkins Specification for Distillate Diesel Fuel
Property UNITS Requirements “ASTM Test” “ISO Test”
Aromatics %Volume 35% maximum “D1319” “ISO 3837”
Ash %Weight 0.01% maximum “D482” “ISO 6245”
Carbon Residue on 10%
Bottoms %Weight 0.35% maximum “D524” “ISO 4262”
Cetane Number (1)
-
40 minimum “D613 or D6890” “ISO 5165”
Cloud Point °C The cloud point must not ex-
ceed the lowest expected
ambient temperature.
“D2500” “ISO 3015”
Copper Strip Corrosion
-
No. 3 maximum “D130” “ISO 2160”
Distillation °C 10% at 282 °C (539.6 °F)
maximum
90% at 360 °C (680 °F)
maximum “D86” “ISO 3405”
Density at 15 °C (59 °F)
(2)
Kg / M 3 800 minimum and 860
maximum No equivalent test “ISO 3675” or “ISO 12185”
Flash Point °C legal limit “D93” “ISO 2719”
Thermal Stability
-
Minimum of 80% reflec-
tance after aging for 180 mi-
nutes at 150 °C (302 °F) “D6468” No equivalent test
Pour Point °C 6 °C (10°F)
Minimum below ambient
temperature “D97” “ISO 3016”
Sulfur %mass
(3)
“D5453 or /D2622” “ISO 20846” or “ISO 20884”
Kinematic Viscosity (4) “MM
2
/S (cSt)” The viscosity of the fuel that
is delivered to the fuel injec-
tion pump. “1.4 minimum
and /4.5 maximum” “D445” “ISO 3405”
Water and sediment % weight 0.05% maximum “D1796” “ISO 3734”
Water % weight 0.02% maximum “D1744” No equivalent test
Sediment % weight 0.05% maximum “D473” “ISO 3735”
Gums and Resins (5) mg/100mL 10 mg per 100 mL
maximum “D381” “ISO 6246”
Lubricity corrected wear
scar diameter at 60 °C
(140 °F).
(6)
mm
0.52 maximum “D6079” “ISO 12156-1”
Fuel cleanliness (7)
-
“ISO”18/16/13 “7619” “ISO 4406”
Oxidation Stability g/m
3 Maximum 25 “D2274” “ISO 12205”
Hours (8) Minimum 20 - “EN 15751”
(1) In order to insure minimum cetane number of 40 a distillate diesel fuel should have minimum cetane index of 44 when ASTM D4737 test
method is used. A fuel with a higher cetane number is recommended to operate at a higher altitude or in cold weather.
(2) Density range allowed includes summer and winter diesel fuel grades. Fuel density varies depending on the sulfur level where high sulfur
fuels have higher densities. Some unblended alternative fuels have lower densities which are acceptable, if all the other properties meet this
specification.
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General Fuel Information