ASTM D6448-16(2022)
Standard Specification for Industrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils

Standard No.

ASTM D6448-16(2022)

Release Date

2022

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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ASTM D6448-16(2022)

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, combustion engines, or marine applications, 1.1.1 Grades RFO4, RFO5L, RFO5H, and RFO6 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 be 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 D4865. 1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard; non-SI units, when given, are for information only. 1.5 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

ASTM D6448-16(2022) Referenced Document

• ASTM D1217 Standard Test Method for Density and Relative Density (Specific Gravity) of Liquids by Bingham Pycnometer
• ASTM D1250 Standard Guide for Petroleum Measurement Tables
• ASTM D1266 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Lamp Method)
• ASTM D129 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (General Bomb Method)
• ASTM D1298 Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density (Specific Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method
• ASTM D1480 Standard Test Method for Density and Relative Density (Specific Gravity) of Viscous Materials by Bingham Pycnometer
• ASTM D1481 Standard Test Method for Density and Relative Density (Specific Gravity) of Viscous Materials by Lipkin Bicapillary Pycnometer
• ASTM D1552 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (High-Temperature Method)
• ASTM D1796 Standard Test Method for Water and Sediment in Fuel Oils by the Centrifuge Method (Laboratory Procedure)
• ASTM D240 Standard Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter
• ASTM D2622 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
• ASTM D2709 Standard Test Method for Water and Sediment in Middle Distillate Fuels by Centrifuge
• ASTM D2983 Standard Test Method for Low-Temperature Viscosity of Lubricants Measured by Brookfield Viscometer
• ASTM D3245 Standard Test Method for Pumpability of Industrial Fuel Oils
• ASTM D3828 Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Small Scale Closed Tester
• ASTM D396 Standard Specification for Fuel Oils
• ASTM D4052 Standard Test Method for Density and Relative Density of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
• ASTM D4057 Standard Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
• ASTM D4175 Standard Terminology Relating to Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants*， 2023-07-01 Update
• ASTM D4177 Standard Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
• ASTM D4294 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• ASTM D4377 Standard Test Method for Water in Crude Oils by Potentiometric Karl Fischer Titration*， 2024-04-22 Update
• ASTM D445 Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (the Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)
• ASTM D473 Standard Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel Oils by the Extraction Method
• ASTM D482 Standard Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
• ASTM D4865 Standard Guide for Generation and Dissipation of Static Electricity in Petroleum Fuel Systems
• ASTM D4868 Standard Test Method for Estimation of Net and Gross Heat of Combustion of Burner and Diesel Fuels
• ASTM D4980 Standard Test Methods for Screening of pH in Waste
• ASTM D5185 Standard Test Method for Determination of Additive Elements, Wear Metals, and Contaminants in Used Lubricating Oils and Determination of Selected Elements in Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
• ASTM D56 Standard Test Method for Flash Point by Tag Closed Tester
• ASTM D5854 Standard Practice for Mixing and Handling of Liquid Samples of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
• ASTM D6304 Standard Test Method for Determination of Water in Petroleum Products, Lubricating Oils, and Additives by Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration
• ASTM D6450 Standard Test Method for Flash Point by Continuously Closed Cup (CCCFP) Tester
• ASTM D6822 Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Thermohydrometer Method (Standard + Redline PDF Bundle)
• ASTM D7042 Standard Test Method for Dynamic Viscosity and Density of Liquids by Stabinger Viscometer (and the Calculation of Kinematic Viscosity)
• ASTM D7094 Standard Test Method for Flash Point by Modified Continuously Closed Cup (MCCCFP) Tester*， 2023-12-01 Update
• ASTM D93 Standard Test Methods for Flash-Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester
• ASTM D95 Standard Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and Bituminous Materials by Distillation
• ASTM D96 Laboratory test method for degree of bleeding of road marking paint
• ASTM D97 Standard Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products

ASTM D6448-16(2022) history

• 2022 ASTM D6448-16(2022) Standard Specification for Industrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils
• 2016 ASTM D6448-16 Standard Specification for Industrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils
• 2014 ASTM D6448-14e1 Standard Specification for Industrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils
• 2014 ASTM D6448-14 Standard Specification for Industrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils
• 2009 ASTM D6448-09 Standard Specification for Industrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils
• 2004 ASTM D6448-04 Standard Specification for Industrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils
• 1999 ASTM D6448-99 Standard Specification for Industrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils