ASTM D6448-04
(Specification)Standard Specification for Industrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils
Standard Specification for Industrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils
ABSTRACT
This specification covers four grades of fuel oil made in whole or in part with hydrocarbon-based used or reprocessed lubricating oil or functional fluids, such as preservative and hydraulic fluids. Grades RFO4, RFO5L, RFO5H, and RFO6 are of increasing viscosity and are intended for use in various types of fuel-oil-burning industrial equipment under various climatic and operating conditions, and are not intended for use in residential heaters, small commercial boilers, combustion engines, or marine applications. Detailed requirements for each grade of lubricating oil shall be tested accordingly, and are as follows: viscosity; flash point; water and sediment content; pour point; density; ash content; sulphur content; extracted pH; and gross heating value.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers four grades of fuel oil made in whole or in part with hydrocarbon-based used or reprocessed lubricating oil or functional fluids, such as preservative and hydraulic fluids. The four grades of fuel are intended for use in various types of fuel-oil burning industrial equipment under various climatic and operating conditions. These fuels are not intended for use in residential heaters, small commercial boilers, or combustion engines.
1.2 Grades RF04, RF05L, RF05H, and RF06 are used lubricating oil blends, with or without distillate or residual fuel oil, or both, of increasing viscosity and are intended for use in industrial burners equipped to handle these types of recycled fuels.
Note 1- For information on the significance of the terminology and test methods used in this specification, see Appendix X1.
1.2 This specification is for use in contracts for the purchase of fuel oils derived from used lubricating oil and for the guidance of consumers of such fuels. This specification does not address the frequency with which any particular test must run.
1.3 Nothing in this specification shall preclude observance of national or local regulations, which can be more restrictive. In some jurisdictions, used oil is considered a hazardous waste and fuels from used oil are required to meet certain criteria before use as a fuel.
Note 2- For United States federal requirements imposed on used oil generators, transporters and transfer facilities, reprocessors, marketers, and burners, see 40 CFR 279.
Note 3- The generation and dissipation of static electricity can create problems in the handling of distillate burner fuel oils. For more information on the subject, see Guide D 4865.
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard; non-SI units, when given, are for information only.
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An American National Standard
Designation: D 6448 – 04
Standard Specification for
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Industrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 6448; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope* 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This specification covers four grades of fuel oil made in 2.1 ASTM Standards:
whole or in part with hydrocarbon-based used or reprocessed D56 Test Method for Flash Point byTag Closed CupTester
lubricating oil or functional fluids, such as preservative and D93 Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens
hydraulic fluids.The four grades of fuel are intended for use in Closed Cup Tester
various types of fuel-oil-burning industrial equipment under D95 Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and
various climatic and operating conditions. These fuels are not Bituminous Materials by Distillation
intended for use in residential heaters, small commercial D96 Test Methods for Water and Sediment in Crude Oil by
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boilers, combustion engines, or marine applications, Centrifuge Method (Field Procedure)
1.1.1 Grades RFO4, RFO5L, RFO5H, and RFO6 are used D97 Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products
lubricating oil blends, with or without distillate or residual fuel D 129 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Gen-
oil, or both, of increasing viscosity and are intended for use in eral Bomb Method)
industrial burners equipped to handle these types of recycled D 240 Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid
fuels. Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter
D 396 Specification for fuel Oils
NOTE 1—For information on the significance of the terminology and
D 445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent
test methods used in this specification, see Appendix X1.
and Opaque Liquids (the Calculation of Dynamic Viscos-
1.2 This specification is for use in contracts for the purchase
ity)
of fuel oils derived from used lubricating oil and for the
D 473 Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel
guidance of consumers of such fuels. This specification does
Oils by the Extraction Method
not address the frequency with which any particular test must
D 482 Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
be run.
D 1266 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products
1.3 Nothing in this specification shall preclude observance
(Lamp Method)
of national or local regulations, which can be more restrictive.
D 1298 Practice for Density, Relative Density (Specific
In some jurisdictions, used oil is considered a hazardous waste
Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid
and fuels from used oil are required to meet certain criteria
Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method
before use as a fuel.
D 1552 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products
NOTE 2—For United States federal requirements imposed on used oil (High-Temperature Method)
generators, transporters and transfer facilities, reprocessors, marketers,
D 1796 TestMethodforWaterandSedimentinFuelOilsby
and burners, see 40 CFR 279.
the Centrifuge Method (Laboratory Procedure)
NOTE 3—The generation and dissipation of static electricity can create
D 2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by
problems in the handling of distillate burner fuel oils. For more informa-
Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
tion on the subject, see Guide D 4865.
D 2709 Test Method for Water and Sediment in Middle
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
Distillate Fuels by Centrifuge
standard; non-SI units, when given, are for information only.
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
D02.P0 on Recycled Petroleum Products. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2004. Published January 2005. Originally the ASTM website.
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approved in 1999. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as D 6448 – 99. Withdrawn.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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