Petroleum and related products - Applicability of diesel fuel test methods for Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) - Information and results
on round robin tests
One task under the European Mandate M/245 was to investigate the applicability of existing petroleum test method
standards for fatty acid methyl esters (FAME). For this task CEN/TC 19 has founded a separate working group 26,
which has validated 24 methods via round robins, including the development of new test methods.
The work of CEN/TC 19/WG 26 was aimed at the drafting of amendments for existing ISO standards (with test
methods for fossil fuels). These amendments include the extension of the scope of the standards to biodiesel as
well as the new precision data for biodiesel. To get these new precision data (repeatability & reproducibility),
WG 26 has done a major effort to validate all relevant test methods on request of the Task Force of WG 24 and
WG 25 dealing with the specifications.