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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atmos Environ (1994). 2015 Feb;102:229–238. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.046

Table 1.

Properties of ULSD, Swedish diesel and B100.

Fuel parameters ULSD Swedish Biodiesel Test method
Product name Amoco Ultra Low Sulfur#2 Premium Diesel Fuel Halterman HF0860 Swedish Environmental Class I Diesel Fuel Peter Cremer Nexol BD-99.9 Biodiesel
Cetane number 46.7 55.9 55 ASTM D613
Kinematic viscosity (mm2/s at 40 °C 2.3 1.843 4.0 ASTM D445
Net heating value (MJ/kg) 42.699 43.535 37.348 ASTM D240
Carbon (wt%) 86.69 85.72 77.27 ASTM D5281
Hydrogen (wt%) 13.31 14.28 11.82 ASTM D5281
Oxygen (wt %) <0.05 <0.05 10.91 ASTM D5622
Sulfur content (wt ppm) <15 <10 <1 ASTM D5453, D7039
C/H atomic ratio 1.829 1.985 1.823 ASTM D5281
Saturates/Olefins/Aromatics (vol%) 59.2/4.5/36.3 95.4/1.3/3.3 N/A ASTM D1319