Designation:D6448−14´1StandardSpecificationforIndustrialBurnerFuelsfromUsedLubricatingOils1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6448;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—EditorialchangestoSIunitsformattingweremadethroughoutinDecember2014.1.Scope*1.1Thisspecificationcoversfourgradesoffueloilmadeinwholeorinpartwithhydrocarbon-basedusedorreprocessedlubricatingoilorfunctionalfluids,suchaspreservativeandhydraulicfluids.Thefourgradesoffuelareintendedforuseinvarioustypesoffuel-oil-burningindustrialequipmentundervariousclimaticandoperatingconditions.Thesefuelsarenotintendedforuseinresidentialheaters,smallcommercialboilers,combustionengines,ormarineapplications,1.1.1GradesRFO4,RFO5L,RFO5H,andRFO6areusedlubricatingoilblends,withorwithoutdistillateorresidualfueloil,orboth,ofincreasingviscosityandareintendedforuseinindustrialburnersequippedtohandlethesetypesofrecycledfuels.NOTE1—Forinformationonthesignificanceoftheterminologyandtestmethodsusedinthisspecification,seeAppendixX1.1.2Thisspecificationisforuseincontractsforthepurchaseoffueloilsderivedfromusedlubricatingoilandfortheguidanceofconsumersofsuchfuels.Thisspecificationdoesnotaddressthefrequencywithwhichanyparticulartestmustberun.1.3Nothinginthisspecificationshallprecludeobservanceofnationalorlocalregulations,whichcanbemorerestrictive.Insomejurisdictions,usedoilisconsideredahazardouswasteandfuelsfromusedoilarerequiredtomeetcertaincriteriabeforeuseasafuel.NOTE2—ForUnitedStatesfederalrequirementsimposedonusedoilgenerators,transportersandtransferfacilities,reprocessors,marketers,andburners,see40CFR279.NOTE3—Thegenerationanddissipationofstaticelectricitycancreateproblemsinthehandlingofdistillateburnerfueloils.Formoreinforma-tiononthesubject,seeGuideD4865.1.4ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretobe...
