Testing of fuel

LATSERT laboratory carries out extensive testing of fuel by checking the parameters stated in EC Regulations, international standards and quality specifications, including:

• petrol testing in accordance with EN 228 Automotive fuels - Unleaded petrol – Requirements and test methods

• diesel (including low sulphur diesel and biodiesel mixtures) testing in accordance with EN 590 Automotive fuels - Diesel - Requirements and test methods 

• various types of biofuel: 100% biodiesel (FAME), biodiesel and fossil fuel mixtures in different proportions (B5, B7, B 30, etc.), vegetable oils (AE100), methanol, ethanol and petrol mixture in different proportions (E85, E10, E5, etc.)  in accordance with European Directives and different standards such as EN 14214 Liquid petroleum products - Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) for use in diesel engines and heating applications - Requirements and test methods; CEN/TS 15293 Automotive fuels - Ethanol (E85) automotive fuel - Requirements and test methods etc.

• ethanol in accordance with EN 15376 Automotive fuels - Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Requirements and test methods;

• marked fuel testing by checking the substances used for fuel marking laid down in legislation.

LATSERT laboratory operates in accordance with the high level standards, offering services of an accredited laboratory not only to Latvian companies but also to interested parties from around the world.

Methods specified in EN, ASTM, ISO and LVS standards and, if necessary, other methods are used for the testing.

Fuel, Biofuel, including Biooil testing parameters:
 
Cold filter plugging point
LVS EN 116
EN 116
Diesel and domestic heating fuels - Determination of cold filter plugging point - Stepwise cooling bath method
 
Lead
LVS EN 237
EN 237
Liquid petroleum products - Petrol - Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry
 
Pour point
LVS EN ISO 3016
EN ISO 3016
Petroleum products - Determination of pour point
 
Viscosity
LVS EN ISO 3104
EN ISO 3104
Petroleum products - Transparent and opaque liquids - Determination of kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity
 
Distillation characteristics
LVS EN ISO 3405
EN ISO 3405
Petroleum products - Determination of distillation characteristics at atmospheric pressure.
 
Density
LVS EN ISO 3675
EN ISO 3675
Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products - Laboratory determination of density - Hydrometer method
 
Density
LVS EN ISO 12185
EN ISO 12185
Crude petroleum and petroleum products - Determination of density - Oscillating U-tube method
 
Flash point
LVS EN ISO 3679
EN ISO 3679
Determination of flash no-flash and flash point - Rapid equilibrium closed cup method
 
Cetane index
LVS EN ISO 4264
EN ISO 4264
Petroleum products - Calculation of cetane index of middle-distillate fuels by the fourvariable equation
 
Motor Octane Number (MON)
LVS EN ISO 5163
EN ISO 5163
Petroleum products - Determination of knock characteristics of motor and aviation fuels - Motor method
 
Research Octane Number (RON)
LVS EN ISO 5164
EN ISO 5164
Petroleum products - Determination of knock characteristics of motor fuels – Research method
 
Cetane Number (CN)
LVS EN ISO 5165
EN ISO 5165
Petroleum products - Determination of the ignition quality of diesel fuels - Cetane engine method
 
Sulfur content
LVS EN ISO 20846
EN ISO 20846
Petroleum products - Determination of sulfur content of automotive fuels – Ultraviolet fluorescence method
 
Sulfur content
LVS EN 15486
EN 15486
Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of sulfur content – Ultraviolet fluorescence method
 
Carbon residue
LVS EN ISO 10370
EN ISO 10370
Petroleum products - Determination of carbon residue - Micro method
 
Benzene content
LVS EN 12177
EN 12177
Liquid petroleum products - Unleaded petrol - Determination of benzene content by gas chromatography
 
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
LVS EN 12916
EN 12916
Petroleum products - Determination of aromatic hydrocarbon types in middle distillates - High performance liquid chromatography method with refractive index detection
 
Water content
LVS EN ISO 12937
EN ISO 12937
Petroleum products - Determination of water - Coulometric Karl Fischer titration method 3
 
Organic oxygenate compounds, oxygen content
LVS EN 13132
EN 13132
Liquid petroleum products - Unleaded petrol - Determination of organic oxygenate compounds and total organically bound oxygen content by gas chromatography using column switching
 
Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) content
LVS EN 14078
EN 14078
Liquid petroleum products - Determination of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) content in middle distillates - Infrared spectrometry method
 
Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) content, Linolenic acid methyl ester content
LVS EN 14103
EN 14103
Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Determination of ester and linolenic acid methyl ester contents
 
Acid value
LVS EN 14104
EN 14104
Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Determination of acid value
 
Free and total glycerol, mono-, di-, triglyceride content
LVS EN 14105
EN 14105
Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Determination of free and total glycerol and mono-, di-, triglyceride contents
 
Methanol content
LVS EN 14110
EN 14110
Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Determination of methanol content
 
Iodine value
LVS EN 14111
EN 14111
Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Determination of iodine value
 
Cloud point
LVS EN ISO 3015
EN ISO 3015
Petroleum products - Determination of cloud point
 
Total contamination
LVS EN 12662
EN 12662
Liquid petroleum products - Determination of total contamination in middle distillates, diesel fuels and fatty acid methyl esters
 
Total acidity
LVS EN 15491
EN 15491
Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of total acidity – Colour indicator titration method
 
Phosphorus content
LVS EN 14107
EN 14107
Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Determination of phosphorus content by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) emission spectrometry
 
Phosphorus content
LVS EN 15487
EN 15487
Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of phosphorus content - Ammonium molybdate spectrometric method
 
Copper content
LVS EN 15488
EN 15488
Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of copper content – Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometric method
 
Water content
LVS EN 15489
EN 15489
Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of water content - Karl Fischer coulometric titration method
 
Hydrocarbon content
LVS EN 15553
EN 15553
Petroleum products and related materials - Determination of hydrocarbon types - Fluorescent indicator adsorption method
 
Vapour pressure
LVS EN 13016-1
EN 13016-1
Liquid petroleum products - Vapour pressure - Part 1: Determination of air saturated vapour pressure (ASVP) and calculated dry vapour
 
Polyunsaturated (≥4 double bonds) fatty acid methyl esters
LVS EN 15779
EN 15779
Petroleum products and fat and oil derivates - Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) for diesel engines - Determination of polyunsaturated (≥4 double bonds) fatty acid methyl esters (PUFA) by gas chromatography
 
Copper strip corrosion
LVS EN ISO 2160
EN ISO 2160
Petroleum products - Corrosiveness to copper - Copper strip test
 
Ash
LVS ISO 3987
Petroleum products – Determination of sulfated ash in lubricanting oils and additives
 
Oxidation stability
LVS EN ISO 7536
EN ISO 7536
Petroleum products - Determination of oxidation stability of gasoline – Induction period method
 
Oxidation stability
LVS EN 14112
EN 14112
Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Determination of oxidation stability (accelerated oxidation test)
 
Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, Sodium
LVS EN 14538
EN 14538
Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) - Determination of Ca, K, Mg and Na content by optical emission spectral analysis with inductively coupled plasma (ICP OES)
 
Inorganic chloride,Sulfate
LVS EN 15492
EN 15492
Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of inorganic chloride and sulfate content - Ion chromatographic method
 
Ethanol+higher saturated alcohols content
LVS EN 15721
EN 15721
Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of higher alcohols, methanol and other impurities - Gas chromatographic method
 
Appearance
LVS EN 15769
EN 15769
Ethanol as a blending component of petrol - Determination of appearance - Visual method
 
Involatile material content (dry residue)
LVS EN 15691
EN 15691
Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of dry residue (involatile material) - Gravimetric method
 
Methanol
LVS EN 16761-1
EN 16761-1
Automotive fuels. Determination of methanol in automotive ethanol (E85) fuel by gas chromatography – Part 1: Method using single column technique
 
Electrical conductivity
LVS EN 15938
EN 15938
Automotive fuels - Ethanol blending component and ethanol (E85) automotive fuel - Determination of electrical conductivity
 
Manganese
LVS EN 16136
EN 16136
Automotive fuels - Determination of manganese and iron content in unleaded petrol - Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES) method
 
Manganese
LVS EN 16576
EN 16576
Automotive fuels - Determination of manganese and iron content in diesel - Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES) method
 
Marked petroleum product
Determination of N-ethyl-1- (4- phenylazophenylazo) naphthyl-2-amine, Nethylhexyl-1- (tolylazotolylazo) naphthyl-2-amine un N-tridecyl-1- (tolylazotolylazo) naphthyl-2-amine in marked petroleum products
 
Marked petroleum product
N-tridecil-1- (tolilazotolilazo) naphthyl-2-amine N-etil-N-2-(1-izobutoksietoksi) etilazobenzol-4-amīns N-Ethyl-N-[2-(1-isobutoxyethoxy)ethyl]-p-(phenylazo)aniline (Solvent Yellow 124)
 
Determination of N-Ethyl-N-[2-(1-isobutoxyethoxy)ethyl]-p-(phenylazo)aniline (Solvent Yellow 124) in marked petroleum products
 
Blue dyestuff: 1,4-bis (butylamino) -9,10-anthraquinone
 
Determination of blue dyestuff 1,4-bis (butylamino) -9,10-anthraquinone in marked petroleum products by spectroscopy
 

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