Fuel Quality Standards (Paraffinic Diesel) Determination 2025
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Fuel Quality Standards (Paraffinic Diesel) Determination 2025
I, Chris Bowen, Minister for Climate Change and Energy, make the following determination.
Dated 16/02/2025
Chris Bowen
Minister for Climate Change and Energy
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Fuel standard for paraffinic diesel
1 Name
This instrument is the Fuel Quality Standards (Paraffinic Diesel) Determination 2025.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
- Commencement information
- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
- Provisions Commencement Date/Details
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- The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under section 21 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000.
4 Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 4 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000, including fuel.
In this instrument:
ASTM followed by an alphanumeric code means the testing method developed under that code by the standards development organisation called ASTM International.
biodiesel has the same meaning as in the Fuel Quality Standards (Biodiesel) Determination 2025.
conventional diesel has the same meaning as in the Fuel Quality Standards (Conventional Diesel) Determination 2025.
EN followed by a numeric code means the testing method developed under that code by the European Committee for Standardization.
IP followed by a numeric code means the testing method developed under that code by the chartered professional body called the Energy Institute.
mg/kg means milligrams per kilogram and is equivalent to ‘parts per million’ or ‘ppm’ by mass.
% m/m means per cent mass by mass, and is equivalent to ‘mass %’, ‘% mass’ and ‘weight %’.
paraffinic diesel means a fuel that:
(a) consists of a minimum of 95% paraffinic (alkane) hydrocarbons before any blending with biodiesel; and
(b) is suitable for use as a substitute for conventional diesel.
% v/v means per cent volume by volume, and is equivalent to ‘volume %’, ‘vol %’ and ‘% vol’.
5 Fuel standard for paraffinic diesel
(1) In relation to a parameter mentioned in an item of the following table, paraffinic diesel must comply with the specification for that parameter mentioned in that item.
(2) For subsection (1), compliance with the specification for a parameter is determined by using the testing method for that parameter mentioned in that item of the table.
- Fuel standard for paraffinic diesel
- Item Parameter Specification Testing Method
- 1 Ash content 0.01% m/m maximum ASTM D482
- 2 Biodiesel 7.0% v/v maximum EN 14078
- 3 Carbon residue—10% distillation residue 0.3% m/m maximum ASTM D4530
- 4 Conductivity at ambient temperature For paraffinic diesel held by a terminal or refinery for sale or distribution: 50 pS/m minimum at ambient temperature ASTM D2624
- 5 Copper strip corrosion—3 h at 50°C Class 1 ASTM D130
- 6 Density at 15°C 765–810 kg/m³ ASTM D1298
- 7 Derived cetane number 51 minimum ASTM D6890
- 8 Distillation: (a) % v/v recovered at 250°C; (b) % v/v recovered at 350°C;(c) T95 (a) for % v/v recovered at 250°C: 65% v/v maximum;(b) for % v/v recovered at 350°C: 85% v/v minimum;(c) for T95: 360°C maximum ASTM D86
- 9 Filter blocking tendency 2.0 maximum IP 387
- 10 Flash point 61.5°C minimum ASTM D93
- 11 Kinematic viscosity 2.0–4.5 mm2/s at 40°C ASTM D445
- 12 Lubricity 400 µm maximum IP 450
- 13 Manganese content 2.0 mg/kg maximum EN 16576
- 14 Oxidation stability for all paraffinic diesel 2.5 mg/100 mL maximum ASTM D2274
- 15 Oxidation stability for paraffinic diesel with >2.0 vol% biodiesel 20.0 hours minimum EN 15751
- 16 Sulfur content 10 mg/kg maximum ASTM D5453
- 17 Total aromatics content 1.7 % m/m maximum EN 12916 Procedure B
- 18 Total contamination 24 mg/kg maximum EN 12662
- 19 Water content 200 mg/kg maximum ASTM D6304
(3) Any biodiesel component of paraffinic diesel must meet the requirements of section 6 of the Fuel Quality Standards (Biodiesel) Determination 2025.