- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 1 January 2019

4. Standards for diesel

(1) Diesel that contains a substance mentioned in Table 1 must not contain more than the amount mentioned for the substance from the date mentioned for the substance.

TABLE 1

Item	Substance	Amount
1	Sulphur	10mg/kg
2	Ash and suspended solids	100mg/kg
3	PAH (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)	11% mass by mass

(2) The distillation temperature at which 95% of diesel has been recovered must occur below 360°C.

(3) The cetane index of diesel must be at least 46.

(4) The density of diesel must be at least 820 kg/m³ and not more than 850 kg/m³.

(5) The viscosity of diesel must be at least 2.0cSt, and not more than 4.5cSt, at 40°C.

(6) Diesel may contain 5% by volume (max) biodiesel (FAME). The 5% biodiesel should however conform to the biodiesel, B100 standards prior to blending.

(7) Water (all diesel) 200mg/kg max.

(8) Derived Cetane number (all diesel) 51.0 min.

(9) Particulate matter max 24.0mg/kg.

(10) [Repealed]

(11) [Repealed]

(12) Flash point min 64°C.

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