SPECIFICATIONSANDQUALIFICATIONPROCEDURESFORAVIATIONFUELMICROFILTERSAPI/IPSPECIFICATION1590SecondeditionApril2002SPECIFICATIONSANDQUALIFICATIONPROCEDURESFORAVIATIONFUELMICROFILTERSAPI/IPSPECIFICATION1590SecondEditionApril2002PublishedjointlybyAmericanPetroleumInstituteandTheInstituteofPetroleum,LondonAcharitablecompanylimitedbyguaranteeCopyright©2002byAmericanPetroleumInstitute,andTheInstituteofPetroleum,London:Acharitablecompanylimitedbyguarantee.RegisteredNo.135273,EnglandAllrightsreservedNopartofthisbookmaybereproducedbyanymeans,ortransmittedortranslatedintoamachinelanguagewithoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher.ISBN0852933304PublishedbyTheInstituteofPetroleumFurthercopiescanbeobtainedfromPortlandPressLtd.CommerceWay,WhitehallIndustrialEstate,ColchesterCO28HP,UK.Tel:+44(0)1206796351email:sales@portlandpress.comvCONTENTSPageForeword..............................................................................viiAcknowledgements......................................................................ix1General.............................................................................12Description..........................................................................33Specifications........................................................................53.1Elementperformancespecifications...................................................53.2Mechanicalspecification............................................................64Qualificationtestmaterialsandfacilities................................................114.1Testmaterialsandfacilities.........................................................114.2Testfuel........................................................................114.3Testcontaminants................................................................114.4Additivepackage.................................................................124.5Testfacility.....................................................................125Mandatorytestprocedures.....
