Research Article

Rapid and Simultaneous Prediction of Eight Diesel Quality Parameters through ATR-FTIR Analysis

Table 1

Standard methods and equipment used to determine the quality parameters of diesel samples.

Diesel propertyMethodEquipment

DensityASTM D4052DMA 4500 automatic densimeter (Anton Paar)
Flash pointASTM D93PMA-4 flash point automatic analyzer (Petrotest)
Total sulfurASTM D4294EDX-800 spectrometer (Shimadzu)
DistillationASTM D86AD-6 automatic atmospheric distiller (Tanaka)
Cetane indexASTM D4737ā€”
Biodiesel contentEN 14078Nicolet IR200 spectrometer (Thermo Scientific)