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© The British Standards Institution 2023

Published by BSI Standards Limited 2023

ISBN 978 0 539 23834 1

ICS 75.160.01

The following BSI references relate to the work on this document:
Committee reference PTI/2
Draft for comment 23/30461979 DC

Foreword

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This British Standard is published by BSI Standards Limited, under licence from The British Standards Institution, and came into effect on 31 July 2023. It was prepared by Technical Committee PTI/2, Liquid fuels. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to the committee manager.

Supersession

This British Standard supersedes BS 2869:2017+A1:2022, which is withdrawn.

Information about this document

This is a full revision of the document, and introduces the following principal changes:

class A2 – Automotive distillate fuel for non-road mobile machinery has been deleted/discontinued (see BS EN 590);
a new grade I has been added for industrial furnace oil, which is class C2 kerosene typically blended with waste oils;
the standard has been brought into line with the latest edition of BS EN 590, in particular the particle contamination in class D has been fully incorporated (see BS EN 590:2022);
class C2 – kerosene: after kerosene the maximum density has been reduced and a maximum net specific energy has been added;
class D – middle distillate fuel: after fuel a maximum density requirement has been added. Cetane requirements have been deleted as this fuel is no longer to be used in internal combustion engines;
Annex B includes information on actual values for the specific energy of all the grades of fuel listed.

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1 Scope

This British Standard specifies requirements for eight classes of fuel oils for agricultural, domestic, commercial and industrial fixed combustion applications.

This British Standard does not apply to fuels for use in internal combustion engines in on-road and non-road mobile and stationary applications, which are covered in BS EN 590. This British Standard does not cover special applications, which are the subject of agreements between the supplier and purchaser of fuel oils.

NOTE 1 Annex A and Annex B provide information on storage, handling and properties of fuels. Additional information on storage and handling is given in BS 6380, PD CEN/TR 15367‑1, PD CEN/TR 15367‑3 and PD CEN/TR 17548.

This British Standard is aimed at those who bring to market liquid fuels for fixed combustion applications, such as fuel producers, importers and blenders.

NOTE 2 There are some applications for which, for technical or other reasons, limits are different to those in this British Standard or additional requirements might be necessary.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Sampling

4.1 Sampling from storage tanks

4.2 Sampling from pipelines

4.3 Sampling middle distillate fuels from retail site pumps and commercial site fuel dispensers

4.4 Storage, labelling and transport

5 Composition

5.1 General

5.2 Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME)

6 Classification

7 Requirements and test methods

7.1 Class C1 and class C2 kerosene fuels

7.2 Class D middle distillate fuels

7.3 Classes E, F, G and H residual fuels

7.4 Class I fuels (industrial furnace oils)

8 Interpretation of test results

8.1

8.2

8.3

8.4

8.5

8.6

8.7

9 Marking and labelling

9.1 Class C1 kerosene fuel (paraffin)

10 Climate-related requirements

10.1 General

10.2 Class D middle distillate fuels and class I industrial furnace oils

Bibliography

BS 2869:2023

Fuel oils. Agricultural, domestic, commercial and industrial fixed combustion applications. Specification

Current

Published:

31 Jul 2023