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2. NEW GUIDE WILL HELP PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN CHOOSING TEST METHODS
A new ASTM International guide will help test method users select the most appropriate test methods to meet their measurement application needs for properties of petroleum products, liquid fuels, and lubricants. According to James Bover, an industry consultant and ASTM International member, the guide will help users evaluate and compare the relative performance of different tests that measure the same property.
Bover says that the guide outlines strategies that help evaluate
3. A POINT ABOUT RELIABILITY
Gain the maximum amount of information from reliability data when only partial information
performing a reliability assessment, what happens if the exact value of a data point is unknown?
5. NEW ASTM PETROLEUM STANDARDS COLLECTIONS IN SPANISH AND BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
ASTM now offers the Spanish Standards Petroleum Collection and Portuguese Standards Collection that include the most-used laboratory test methods covering physical, analytical, elemental chemistry, chromatography, and engine methods. Laboratories in Spanish or Portuguese speaking countries can rely on these Standards Collections to ensure quality assurance at all their facilities. Users can focus on the accuracy of their analysis, while quality managers can ensure adherence to accreditation requirements critical to laboratory operations all in their native languages.
These Standards Collections are ideal for:
Producers, such as refinery laboratories • Government regulators • Trade associations and groups • Pipeline companies and laboratories • Additive manufacturers • Inspection laboratories • Cargo product blending companies • Vehicle and engine manufacturers • University laboratories
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4. SAVE THE DATE: TRAINING IN PETROLEUM COMMODITY FUELS BEING OFFERED BY ASTM IN BRAZIL
2019 – 25 MARCH THROUGH 29 MARCH
The Petroleum Commodity Fuels course will cover valuable information applicable to chemists, engineers, fuel blenders, energy
traders, and operational personnel whose job
responsibilities include the products of automotive gasoline, No. 2 diesel fuel, and marine fuels. This extensive 5-day course will not only benefit newcomers to these Commodity Fuels, but also experienced personnel such as laboratory staff who want to understand the significance of specification requirements and test methods. The instructors’ vast experience with these Commodity Fuels allow them to educate attendees on key issues related to Brazilian ANP fuel specifications, fuel performance, additives, fuel storage, quality control, and distribution. Their active involvement with ASTM committees and experience with global fuel issues enrich the course
content. With current trends towards environmentally friendly ultra-clean fuels, fuel specification testing procedures have attained a reasonable level of sophistication. The significance of such testing will be fully covered in this course.
The course is taught in a lecture format with participation encouraged. In addition to the course material that will be available in English or Brazilian Portuguese, you will also receive a printed copy of ASTM’s manual on Significance of Tests for Petroleum Products (in English), as well as copies of the referenced ASTM standards in English or Brazilian Portuguese.
For more information about ASTM Training programs, visit us online at:
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to what extent a test method will provide a sufficiently precise measurement.
He adds that the guide also helps assess the
fitness of use of a test method related to its reproducibility, helping products meet certain specifications, regulations, or manufacturing limits. The standard (D8146) was developed by ASTM’s committee on petroleum products, liquid fuels, and lubricants (D02), under its subcommittee on quality and statistics (D02.94).
6. NEW ASTM INTERNATIONAL STANDARD HELPS DETERMINE FUEL SUITABILITY FOR ENGINES
A new ASTM International standard will help determine how suitable a gaseous fuel is for use in internal combustion engines in both mobile and stationary applications. ASTM’s committee on gaseous fuels (D03) published the new standard, which will soon be published as D8221.
The new standard will be used to determine the calculated methane number (MNc) of gaseous fuels to be used in internal combustion engines. The MNc is a rating index of a gaseous fuel’s resistance to autoignition, also called knock, when compared to a reference methane/hydrogen mixture. Fuels covered by the standard can be from traditional geological or renewable resources and include pipeline gas, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and renewable natural gas.
“The MNc will be useful to entities producing, transporting,
storing, dispensing, measuring, and using commercially available natural gas products intended for internal combustion engines and engine manufacturers to describe acceptable fuel quality for their engines,” says ASTM International member Robin J. Bremmer, director of advanced alternative fuels at Cummins Inc.
Bremmer notes that the standard may also be cited by ASTM and other standards and regulation organizations when there is a need to define gaseous fuel quality and its possible MNc limitation values.
To purchase standards, contact ASTM International customer relations (tel +
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