BS ISO 8217:2017

BS ISO 8217:2017 specifies the requirements for fuels for use in marine diesel engines and boilers, prior to conventional onboard treatment (settling, centrifuging, filtration) before use. The specifications for fuels in this document can also be applied to fuels used in stationary diesel engines of the same or similar type as those used for marine purposes.

This document specifies seven categories of distillate fuels, one of which is for diesel engines used for emergency purposes. It also specifies six categories of residual fuels.

For the purposes of this document, the term "fuels" is currently used to include the following:

• hydrocarbons from petroleum crude oil, oil sands and shale;
• hydrocarbons from synthetic or renewable sources, similar in composition to petroleum distillate fuels;
• blends of the above with a fatty acid methyl ester(s) (FAME) component where permitted.

NOTE 1 Appropriate guidance about fuel treatment systems for diesel engines is published by the International Council on Combustion Engines (CIMAC)[5].

NOTE 2 Requirements for gas turbine fuels used in marine applications are specified in ISO 4261[6].

NOTE 3 For the purposes of this document, the terms "mass %" and "volume %" are used to represent the mass and volume fractions respectively.


Cross References:
ISO 2719
ISO 3015
ISO 3016
ISO 3104
ISO 3675
ISO 3733
ISO 4259
ISO 4264
ISO 6245
ISO 8754
ISO 10307-1
ISO 10307-2
ISO 10370
ISO 10478
ISO 12156-1
ISO 12185
ISO 12205
ISO 12937
ISO 13739
ISO 14596
ISO 14597
ASTM D664
ASTM D4294
ASTM D6751
ASTM D7963
EN 14214
IP 309
IP 470
IP 500
IP 501
IP 570
IP 579
IP 612
ISO 8216-1
ISO 4261
ISO/TR 29662
CEN/TR 15138
CEN/TR 15160
ISO/TR 18455


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