Table 1.
Biodiesel properties of EN 14214, ASTM D6751, and ASTM D975 standards [1–5].
| Property | unit | EN-14214 |
ASTM-D6751 |
ASTM D975 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| biodiesel | biodiesel | Diesel | ||
| Density at 15 °C | kg/m3 | 860–900 | 880 | 850 |
| Viscosity at 40 °C | mm2/s | 3.5–5.0 | 1.9 6.0 | 1.3–4.1 mm2/s |
| Calorific value in MJ/kg | 35 | min 40 | 42–46 | |
| Flash point | °C | 120 – | 130 min | 325 K min |
| Acid number mg KOH/g | mg KOH/g | −0.50 | – 0.5 | |
| Iodine value | g I/100 g | −120 | ||
| Stability of oxidation at 110 °C | hours | 6.0 – | – 3 | |
| Pour point (◦C) | −15 to −16 | −35 | ||
| Cloud point (◦C) | −3 to −12 | −20 |