1、Designation:D766817Standard Test Method forDetermination of Derived Cetane Number(DCN)of DieselFuel OilsIgnition Delay and Combustion Delay Using aConstant Volume Combustion Chamber Method1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D7668;the number immediately following the designation indi
2、cates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope*1.1 This test method covers the quantitative determi
3、nationof the derived cetane number of conventional diesel fuel oils,diesel fuel oils containing cetane number improver additives,and is applicable to products typical of Specification D975,Grades No.1-D and 2-D regular,low and ultra-low-sulfurdiesel fuel oils,European standard EN590,and Canadianstan
4、dards CAN/CGSB-3.517 and CAN/CGSB3.6.The testmethod may be applied to the quantitative determination of thederived cetane number of biodiesel,blends of diesel fuel oilscontaining biodiesel material(for example,SpecificationsD975,D6751,and D7467),and diesel fuel oil blendingcomponents.1.2 This test m
5、ethod utilizes a constant volume combustionchamber with direct fuel injection into heated,compressedsynthetic air.A dynamic pressure wave is produced from thecombustion of the sample.An equation converts the ignitiondelay and the combustion delay determined from the dynamicpressure curve to a derive
6、d cetane number(DCN).1.3 This test method covers the ignition delay ranging from1.9 ms to 25 ms and combustion delay ranging from 2.5 ms to160 ms(30 DCN to 70 DCN).However,the precision statedonly covers the range of DCN from 39 to 67.1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded asstandard.N
7、o other units of measurement are included in thisstandard.1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety,health,and environmental practices and deter-mine the
8、 applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-ization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recom-mendations issued
9、 by the World Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D613 Test Method for Cetane Number of Diesel Fuel OilD975 Specification for Diesel Fuel OilsD1193 Specification for Reagent WaterD4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum andPetr
10、oleum ProductsD4175 Terminology Relating to Petroleum Products,LiquidFuels,and LubricantsD4177 Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum andPetroleum ProductsD5854 Practice for Mixing and Handling of Liquid Samplesof Petroleum and Petroleum ProductsD6299 Practice for Applying Statistical Quality
11、Assuranceand Control Charting Techniques to Evaluate AnalyticalMeasurement System PerformanceD6300 Practice for Determination of Precision and BiasData for Use in Test Methods for Petroleum Products andLubricantsD6708 Practice for Statistical Assessment and Improvementof Expected Agreement Between T
12、wo Test Methods thatPurport to Measure the Same Property of a MaterialD6751 Specification for Biodiesel Fuel Blend Stock(B100)for Middle Distillate FuelsD7467 Specification for Diesel Fuel Oil,Biodiesel Blend(B6 to B20)E456 Terminology Relating to Quality and Statistics2.2 EN Standards:3EN590 Automo
13、tive FuelsDieselRequirements and TestMethods1This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 onPetroleum Products,Liquid Fuels,and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility ofSubcommittee D02.01 on Combustion Characteristics.Current edition approved Oct.1,2017.Published October 20
14、17.Originallyapproved in 2010.Last previous edition approved in 2014 as D7668 14a.DOI:10.1520/D7668-17.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Docu
15、ment Summary page onthe ASTM website.3Available from European Committee for Standardization.Central Secretariat:rue de Stassart,36,B-1050 Brussels,Belgium.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken
16、,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1 2.3 Energy Institute Standards:4IP41 Ignition Quality of Diesel FuelsCetane Engine TestMethod2.4 Canadian Standards:5CAN/CGSB-3.517 RegularSulphurDieselFuel
