EN 590:2009
(Main)Automotive fuels - Diesel - Requirements and test methods
Automotive fuels - Diesel - Requirements and test methods
This European Standard specifies requirements and test methods for marketed and delivered automotive diesel fuel. It is applicable to automotive diesel fuel for use in diesel engine vehicles designed to run on automotive diesel fuel.
NOTE For the purposes of this European Standard, the terms % (m/m) and % (V/V) are used to represent respectively the mass fraction and the volume fraction.
Kraftstoffe für Kraftfahrzeuge - Dieselkraftstoff - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
Diese Europäische Norm legt Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für Dieselkraftstoff fest, wie er gehandelt und
ausgeliefert wird. Sie gilt für Dieselkraftstoff für die Verwendung in Kraftfahrzeugen mit Dieselmotoren, die für
den Betrieb mit Dieselkraftstoff vorgesehen sind.
ANMERKUNG Für den Zweck dieser Europäischen Norm werden die Symbole % (V/V) bzw. % (m/m) verwendet, um
Volumenanteile in % bzw. Massenanteile in % auszudrücken.
Carburants pour automobiles - Carburants pour moteur diesel (gazole) - Exigences et méthodes d'essai
La présente Norme européenne prescrit des exigences et des méthodes d'essai pour le carburant pour moteur
diesel (gazole) mis sur le marché et livré. Elle est applicable au gazole destiné aux véhicules à moteur diesel
conçus pour utiliser ce type de carburant.
NOTE Pour les besoins de la présente Norme européenne, les expressions "% (m/m)" et "% (V/V)" sont utilisées pour
désigner respectivement les fractions massiques et les fractions volumiques.
Goriva za motorna vozila - Dizelsko gorivo - Zahteve in preskusne metode
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2009
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SIST EN 590:2004
SIST EN 590:2004/AC:2006
Goriva za motorna vozila - Dizelsko gorivo - Zahteve in preskusne metode
Automotive fuels - Diesel - Requirements and test methods
Kraftstoffe für Kraftfahrzeuge - Dieselkraftstoff - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
Carburants pour automobiles - Carburants pour moteur diesel (gazole) - Exigences et
méthodes d'essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 590:2009
ICS:
75.160.20 7HNRþDJRULYD Liquid fuels
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 590
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2009
ICS 75.160.20 Supersedes EN 590:2004
English Version
Automotive fuels - Diesel - Requirements and test methods
Carburants pour automobiles - Carburants pour moteur Kraftstoffe für Kraftfahrzeuge - Dieselkraftstoff -
diesel (gazole) - Exigences et méthodes d'essai Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 March 2009.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as the
official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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Contents Page
Foreword .3
1 Scope .5
2 Normative references .5
3 Sampling .6
4 Pump marking .6
5 Requirements and test methods .7
5.1 Dyes and markers .7
5.2 Additives .7
5.3 Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) .7
5.4 Generally applicable requirements and related test methods .7
5.5 Climate dependent requirements and related test methods .9
5.6 Precision and dispute . 10
Annex A (Normative) Details of inter-laboratory test programme . 11
Bibliography . 12
Foreword
This document (EN 590:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 19 “Gaseous and liquid
fuels, lubricants and related products of petroleum, synthetic and biological origin”, the secretariat of which is
held by NEN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at
the latest by October 2009.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 590:2004.
This document has been prepared as part of a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association. It stipulates the first step towards fulfilling that mandate, i.e. to reflect the
different characteristics of FAME blended up to 10 % (V/V) in diesel compared to pure hydrocarbon diesel.
The requirements of the European Fuels Directive 98/70/EC [1], including amendment 2003/17/EC [2] have
been included. Table 1 explicitly differentiates between requirements included in the European Fuels Directive
98/70/EC [1], including Amendment 2003/17/EC [2], and other requirements. Dates are included with all
normative test method references in order to comply with the requirements of the European Commission, with
the accompanying assurance that updated versions will always give similar accuracy and the same or better
precision.
Significant technical changes between this European Standard and the previous edition are:
a) Provision is made for a maximum of 7 % (V/V) of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) to be included in
automotive diesel fuel.
b) Inclusion of the revised EN 14214 FAME specification.
c) Clarification of the fact that cold flow requirements of FAME when used as an extender for diesel
according to this specification (as set out in Table 2 of EN 14214:2008) do not apply.
d) Addition of the Ignition Quality Tester as an alternate test method to the CFR engine test.
e) Deletion of the 350 mg/kg sulfur content, which was only allowed until 2005.
f) Inclusion of the revised total contamination test method EN 12662, which in itself is again under revision
to improve precision for FAME containing product following new interlaboratory studies.
g) Inclusion of the revised EN 12916, which is now able to distinguish between polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons and fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) due to the deletion of the back-flush step.
h) Inclusion of an additional requirement and method (EN 15751) to determine the oxidation stability, with a
limit of 20h.
i) Addition of a workmanship clause 5.4.3 and a note referring to good house keeping via CEN/TR 15367-1.
j) A general update of the revised test methods, some of them already having been included in the
Technical Corrigendum to the previous version.
Annex A is normative and contains the precision data generated on the test methods which are the result of
inter-laboratory testing, carried out by working groups of CEN/TC 19. Many of the test methods included in
this standard were the subject of inter-laboratory testing to determine the applicability of the method and its
precision in relation to blends of automotive diesel fuel containing 5 % (V/V) or higher of different sources of
fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), a.o. rape seed and sunflower oil.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
1 Scope
This European Standard specifies requirements and test methods for marketed and delivered automotive
diesel fuel. It is applicable to automotive diesel fuel for use in diesel engine vehicles designed to run on
automotive diesel fuel.
NOTE For the purposes of this European Standard, the terms “% (m/m)” and “% (V/V)” are used to represent
respectively the mass fraction and the volume fraction.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 116:1997, Diesel and domestic heating fuels - Determination of cold filter plugging point
EN 12662:2008, Liquid petroleum products – Determination of contamination in middle distillates
EN 12916:2006, Petroleum products – Determination of aromatic hydrocarbon types in middle distillates –
High performance liquid chromatography method with refractive index detection
EN 14078:2003, Liquid petroleum products – Determination of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) in middle
distillates – Infrared spectroscopy method
EN 14214:2008, Automotive fuels – Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) for diesel engines – Requirements and
test methods
EN 15195:2007, Liquid petroleum products — Determination of ignition delay and derived cetane number
(DCN) of middle distillate fuels by combustion in a constant volume chamber
EN 15751:2009, Automotive fuels — Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) fuel and blends with diesel fuel —
Determination of oxidation stability by accelerated oxidation method
EN 23015:1994, Petroleum products - Determination of cloud point (ISO 3015:1992)
EN ISO 2160:1998, Petroleum products - Corrosiveness to copper - Copper strip test (ISO 2160:1998)
EN ISO 2719:2002, Determination of flash point - Pensky-Martens closed cup method (ISO 2719:2002)
EN ISO 3104:1996, Petroleum products - Transparent and opaque liquids - Determination of kinematic
viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity (ISO 3104:1994)
EN ISO 3170:2004, Petroleum liquids – Manual sampling (ISO 3170:2004)
EN ISO 3171:1999, Petroleum liquids – Automatic pipeline sampling (ISO 3171:1988)
EN ISO 3405:2000, Petroleum products - Determination of distillation characteristics at atmospheric pressure
(ISO 3405:2000)
EN ISO 3675:1998, Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products - Laboratory determination of density -
Hydrometer method (ISO 3675:1998)
EN ISO 4259:2006, Petroleum products - Determination and application of precision data in relation to
methods of test (ISO 4259:2006)
EN ISO 4264:2007, Petroleum products - Calculation of cetane index of middle-distillate fuels by the four-
variable equation (ISO 4264:2007)
EN ISO 5165:1998, Petroleum products – Determination of the ignition quality of diesel fuels – Cetane engine
method (ISO 5165:1998)
EN ISO 6245:2002, Petroleum products - Determination of ash (ISO 6245:2001)
EN ISO 10370:1995, Petroleum products - Determination of carbon residue - Micro method (ISO 10370:1993)
EN ISO 12156-1:2006, Diesel fuel - Assessment of lubricity using the high-frequency reciprocating rig (HFRR)
– Part 1: Test method (ISO 12156-1:2006)
EN ISO 12185:1996, Crude petroleum and petroleum products - Determination of density - Oscillating U-tube
method (ISO 12185:1996)
EN ISO 12205:1996, Petroleum products - Determination of the oxidation stability of middle-distillate fuels
(ISO 12205:1995)
EN ISO 12937:2000, Petroleum products - Determination of water - Coulometric Karl Fischer titration method
(ISO 12937:2000)
EN ISO 13759:1996, Petroleum products - Determination of alkyl nitrate in diesel fuels - Spectrometric method
(ISO 13759:1996)
EN ISO 20846:2004, Petroleum products – Determination of sulfur content of automotive fuels – Ultraviolet
fluorescence method (ISO 20846:2004)
EN ISO 20847:2004, Petroleum products – Determination of sulfur content of automotive fuels – Energy-
dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (ISO 20847:2004)
EN ISO 20884:2004 Petroleum products – Determination of sulfur content of automotive fuels – Wavelength-
dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (ISO 20884:2004)
3 Sampling
Samples shall be taken as described in EN ISO 3170 or EN ISO 3171 and/or in accordance with the
requirements of national standards or regulations for the sampling of automotive diesel fuel. The national
requirements shall be set out in detail or shall be referred to by reference in a National Annex to this European
Standard.
In view of the sensitivity of some of the test methods referred to in this European Standard, particular attention
shall be paid to compliance with any guidance on sampling containers which is included in the test method
standard.
4 Pump marking
Information to be marked on dispensing pumps used for delivering automotive diesel fuel, and the dimensions
of the mark shall be in accordance with the requirements of national standards or regulations for the marking
of pumps for automotive diesel fuel. Such requirements shall be set out in detail or shall be referred to by
reference in a National Annex to this European Standard.
NOTE It is recommended to set marking for sulfur in a National Annex to this European Standard. The recommended
designation for maximum 10 mg/kg sulfur content is “sulfur-free” in national language.
5 Requirements and test methods
5.1 Dyes and markers
The use of dyes or markers is allowed.
5.2 Additives
In order to improve the performance quality, the use of additives is allowed. Suitable fuel additives without
known harmful side-effects are recommended in the appropriate amount, to help to avoid deterioration o
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