Heavy Distillate Fuel Tests

Fuel oil, bunker fuel, lube oil, residual fuel, vacuum gas oil (VGO) and other heavy fuel testing.
Intertek heavy distillates fuel testing conforms to ASTM, ISO, IP and other international test methods and standards for a wide range of heavy petroleum refined fuels. Heavy distillate fuel testing is available throughout Intertek's global laboratory network. Expertise includes fuel quality control, trouble-shooting, contamination identification, and R&D support.
Residual Fuel, Fuel Oil Testing Analysis | Fuel Oil Tests, ASTM |
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API Gravity, Density, Relative Density | D287, D1298, D4052 |
Ash Content Test | D482 |
Flashpoint Test (PMCC) | D93, others |
Pour Point Test | D97 |
Sediment Content | D473 |
Sulfur Content Analysis | D4294 |
Viscosity - Kinematic | D445 |
Water Content | D95 |
S & W (Centrifuge) | D1796 |
Number 2 Fuel Oil Basic Testing Analysis:
Residual Fuel, Fuel Oil | Fuel Oil Tests |
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API Gravity, Density, Relative Density | D287, D1298, D 4052 |
Appearance, Haze | D4176, Colonial |
Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen (CHN) | D5291 |
Cetane Index (Calculation Only) | D976, D4737 (A or B) |
Cloudpoint | D2500, D5771, D5773 |
Color | D1500 |
Copper Corrosion | D130 |
Distillation | D86 |
Flashpoint | D93, others |
Pourpoint | D97, D5950, D5949 |
Sulfur Content | D4294 |
Sulfur Content (WDXRF) | D2622 |
Sulfur Content by Oxidative Microcoulometry | D3120 |
Sulfur Content by UV Fluorescence | D5453 |
S & W (Centrifuge) | D1796 / D2709 |
Metals Analysis- Al, Si, V, Ni, Fe, Na, etc. | IP470, D5184, IP 377 |
Metals Analysis- Ni, V, Na Solvent Dilution | D5863B, AAS/AES |
Metals Analysis - Ni, V, Fe Digestion & Ashing | D5863A, AAS/AES |
Trace Metals Analysis | ICP, AAS, AES |
Metals Testing- Ni, V, Fe, Digestion & Ashing | D5708B, D5708A |
Microscopic Characterization of Particulates (wear debris) | |
Molecular Weight | D2502 |
NACE Corrosion | TM0172 |
Nitrogen Content Kjeldahl | D3228 |
Nitrogen Content, Nitrogen Speciation | D4629, D5762 Chemiluminescence |
Nitrogen, Bases | UOP269, UOP313 |
Oxidation Stability | D2274, D6468 (Octel F21), D5304 |
Particulate Contamination | D6217, IP 415 |
pH Value | D1293 |
Polypropylene in Fuels, Qualitative, Quantitative | BP Marine A, BP Marine B |
Pourpoint | |
Refractive Index | D1218 |
Salt Content | D3230, D6470, IP 77 |
Sediment in Lube Oils | D2273 |
Sediment by Hot Filtration | D4870,IP 375 |
Sediment - Potential | IP 390 + IP 375 |
Simulated Distillation | D2887 Sim Dis |
Storage Stability of Diesel | D4625 |
Stability Testing, Fuel Oil Peptization Value | P-value and P0/Frmax Rotterdam |
Sulfur / Sulphur | D129 |
Sulfur Dioxide Emissions (Calculation) | |
Sulfur, Sulphur Speciation | |
Toluene or Xylene Equivalence | |
Ultimate Analysis (CHN with O by difference.) | D5291 |
Unsulfonated Residue in Diesel | D483 |
Viscosity (Saybolt) in Diesel | D445, D2161 |
Viscosity, Kinematic | D445 |
Viscosity Index | D445,D2270 |
Viscosity Testing | |
Water Content | E203, D6304 |
Wax Appearance in Distillates | D3117 |
Wax Content | UOP46 |
Water Separability (Demulsification) | D1401, FTM 3201 |
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