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Designation:D644816Standard Specification forIndustrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D6448;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope*1.1 This specification covers four grades of fuel oil made inwhole or in part with hydrocarbon-based used or reprocessedlubricating oil or functional fluids,such as preservative andhydraulic fluids.The four grades of fuel are intended for use invarious types of fuel-oil-burning industrial equipment undervarious climatic and operating conditions.These fuels are notintended for use in residential heaters,small commercialboilers,combustion engines,or marine applications,1.1.1 Grades RFO4,RFO5L,RFO5H,and RFO6 are usedlubricating oil blends,with or without distillate or residual fueloil,or both,of increasing viscosity and are intended for use inindustrial burners equipped to handle these types of recycledfuels.NOTE1For information on the significance of the terminology andtest methods used in this specification,see Appendix X1.1.2 This specification is for use in contracts for the purchaseof fuel oils derived from used lubricating oil and for theguidance of consumers of such fuels.This specification doesnot address the frequency with which any particular test mustbe run.1.3 Nothing in this specification shall preclude observanceof national or local regulations,which can be more restrictive.In some jurisdictions,used oil is considered a hazardous wasteand fuels from used oil are required to meet certain criteriabefore use as a fuel.NOTE2For United States federal requirements imposed on used oilgenerators,transporters and transfer facilities,reprocessors,marketers,and burners,see 40 CFR 279.NOTE3The generation and dissipation of static electricity can createproblems in the handling of distillate burner fuel oils.For more informa-tion on the subject,see Guide D4865.1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded asstandard;non-SI units,when given,are for information only.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D56 Test Method for Flash Point by Tag Closed Cup TesterD93 Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-MartensClosed Cup TesterD95 Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products andBituminous Materials by DistillationD96 Test Method for Water and Sediment in Crude Oil byCentrifuge Method(Field Procedure)(Withdrawn 2000)3D97 Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum ProductsD129 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products(Gen-eral High Pressure Decomposition Device Method)D240 Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hy-drocarbon Fuels by Bomb CalorimeterD396 Specification for Fuel OilsD445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparentand Opaque Liquids(and Calculation of Dynamic Viscos-ity)D473 Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel Oilsby the Extraction MethodD482 Test Method for Ash from Petroleum ProductsD1217 Test Method for Density and Relative Density(Spe-cific Gravity)of Liquids by Bingham PycnometerD1250 Guide for Use of the Petroleum Measurement TablesD1266 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products(LampMethod)D1298 Test Method for Density,Relative Density,or APIGravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Prod-ucts by Hydrometer MethodD1480 Test Method for Density and Relative Density(Spe-cific Gravity)of Viscous Materials by Bingham Pycnom-eterD1481 Test Method for Density and Relative Density(Spe-cific Gravity)of Viscous Materials by Lipkin BicapillaryPycnometerD1552 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products byHigh Temperature Combustion and IR Detection1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 onPetroleum Products,Liquid Fuels,and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility ofSubcommittee D02.P0 on Recycled Products.Current edition approved April 1,2016.Published April 2016.Originallyapproved in 1999.Last previous edition approved in 2014 as D6448 141.DOI:10.1520/D6448-16.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 D1796 Test Method for Water and Sediment in Fuel Oils bythe Centrifuge Method(Laboratory Procedure)D2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products byWavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence SpectrometryD2709 Test Method for Water and Sediment in MiddleDistillate Fuels by CentrifugeD2983 Test Method for Low-Temperature Viscosity of Lu-bricants Mea