When putting diesel fuel back into service after a long period of storage in a tank, it is necessary to check the quality of the diesel fuel which may have changed during storage. The characteristics of the diesel that change over time, such as the amount of micro-organisms and compliance with customs, administrative and inter-union specifications for road and non-road diesel (RNG) regarding the amount of dissolved water and total particulate contamination of the fuel, should be checked.
- Enumeration of aerobic germs living in middle distillates.IP 385/19 filtration and culture method to determine if a biocidal treatment is required to reduce the level of contamination.
-The water content according to NF EN 12937 must be less than 200 mg/kg
-Total contamination standard: NF EN 12662 which must be less than 24 mg/kg