A Comparison of the Stability Performance of Blends of Paraffinic Diesel and Petroleum-Derived Diesel, with RME Biodiesel Using Laboratory Stability Measurement Techniques

Table 4

ASTM D5304 analyses on selected neat and FAME-containing fuels.

Sample	Deposit weight (mg/100 mL)
Neat “summer type” GTL diesel	1.7
“Summer type” GTL + 5% RME	2.2
Neat EN590	1.2
EN590 + 5% RME	0.5
“Summer type” GTL + 10% RME	0.8
EN590 + 10% RME	0.6
“Summer type” GTL + 5% SME	0.6
EN590 + 5% SME	0.8