DIESEL (D2)

D2 is a refinery abbreviation for Gasoil. It is the second distillate from the crude, and can be used without reformers and additives. So, the first engines used D2 as fuel - before petrol cars as we know them today was invented. That is because the engine invented by a German called Diesel, requires no spark plugs. The diesel engine will ignite and combust when the pressure increases so that the heated "plug" makes it explode. Here we get the name "Diesel" - since the same principles are used in diesel engines today

Property                                                       Min                      Max.                      Method
Color, ASTM                                                   -                          1.5                      D 1500
Doctor Test - Negative                                                                3                        D 4952
Sulfur, mass %                                                -                          0.050                  D 4294
Distillation - 90% recovered, °C                        282                       338                     D 86
Flash Point, °C                                               52                         -                         D 93
Density, Kg/m                                                3                          - 876                   D 4052
Viscosity @ 40oC, mm2 / S (cSt)                      1.9                        4.1                     D 445
Cold Filter Plugging Point (CFPP), °C
Summer1                                                      -                           6
Winter2                                                        -                           12
Cetane Index                                               41                                                    D 976
Corrosion, Copper Strip, rating 3h@50oC                                        1B                      D 130
Carbon - Residue on 10 % distillation, % mass                                 0.35                   D 4530
Ash, mass %                                                                              0.01                   D 482
Water & Sediment, Volume %                                                      0.05                   D 2709