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Article: First consensus standard written for industrial-grade recycled fuel oil.
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- Fuel Oil News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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The first consensus standard for industrial-grade reprocessed fuel oil, American Society for Testing and Materials D 6448, "Standard Specification for Industrial Burner Fuels from Used Lubricating Oils," will "simplify the process of procuring used oil fuel, which should reduce the barriers to this form of recycling," said Dennis Brinkman, Ph.D., director of chemical development & technology for Safety-Kleen Corp., Columbia, S.C.
"The purpose of the specification is to provide a basis for self-regulation on the used oil fuel market, which should increase the value of this fuel for those buying and selling specification fuel," Brinkman explained. "The standard ...