1. Scope

This standard prescribes the requirements and the methods of sampling and test for fuel oils, essentially residual in character, for industrial uses. These fuel oils are primarily intended for oil fired furnaces. The low viscosity grade oil is suitable for use as diluents for creosote.

2. References

The following standards contain provisions which through reference in this text, constitute provision of the standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated below:

IS No. Title

1447 (Part 3) : 1992 Petroleum and its products - Methods of sampling Part 3 Method of sampling of semi-solid and solid petroleum products (first revision)

1448 Method of test for petroleum and its products

[P : 4] : 2008/ ISO 6245 : 2001 Petroleum products - Determination of ash (second revision)

[P : 6] :1984 Heat of combustion of liquid

[P : 7] :2004 Determination of calorific value by calculation (first revision)

[P : 10/ Sec 1): 2012/ISO 3015:1992 Cloud point and pour point: Section 1 Determination of cloud point (second revision)

[P : 16] :1990 Density, relative density or API gravity of crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products by hydrometer method (third revision)

[P : 21):2012/ ISO 2719:2002 Determination of Flash point - Pensky-Martens closed cup method (third revision)

[P : 22] :1985 Asphaltene precipitation with normal heptane (second revision)

[P : 25] :1976 Determination of kinematic and dynamic viscosity (first revision)

[P : 30] :2013/ ISO 3735 : 1999 Sediment in crude and fuel oils by extraction (first revision)

[P : 32] :1992 Density and relative density (second revision)

[P : 33] :1991 Sulphur by bomb method (second revision)

[P : 40] :1987 Water by distillation (third revision)

[P : 122] : 2013 /ISO 6615 :1993 Determination of carbon residue - Conradson method (first revision)

[P : 143] :1993 Evaluation of white mineral oils by ultraviolet absorption

ISO 3104 : 1994 Petroleum products - Transparent and opaque liquids - Determination of kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity

ISO 3733 : 1999 Petroleum products and bituminous materials - Determination of water - Distillation method

ISO 4259 : 2006 Petroleum products - Determination and application of precision data in relation to methods of test

ISO 8754 : 2003 Petroleum products - Determination of sulfur content - Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

ISO 10307-2 : 2009 Petroleum products - Total sediment in residual fuel oils - Part 2: Determination using standard procedures for ageing

ISO 10370 : 2014 Petroleum products - Determination of carbon residue - Micro method

ISO 2719 : 2016 Determination of flash point - Pensky - Martens closed cup method