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BS EN 15779:2009ICS 75.160.20 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW BRITISH STANDARD Petroleum products and fat and oil de-rivates — Fatty acid methyl

BS EN 15779:2009

ICS 75.160.20

NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW

BRITISH STANDARD

Petroleum products

and fat and oil

de-rivates — Fatty acid

methyl esters (FAME)

for diesel engines —

Determination of

polyunsaturated (≥ 4

double bonds) fatty

acid methyl esters

(PUFA) by gas

chromatography

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National foreword

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EUROPEAN STANDARD

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

EN 15779:2009+A1

September 2013

English Version Petroleum products and fat and oil derivates - Fatty acid methyl

esters (FAME) for diesel engines - Determination of polyunsaturated (≥4 double bonds) fatty acid methyl esters

(PUFA) by gas chromatography

Produits pétroliers et produits dérivés des corps gras -

Esters méthyliques d'acides gras (EMAG) pour moteurs

diesel (gazole) - Détermination de la teneur en esters

méthyliques d'acides gras polyinsaturés (≥ 4 doubles

liaisons) (PUFA) par chromatographie en phase gazeuse

Mineralölerzeugnisse und Erzeugnisse aus pflanzlichen und tierischen Fetten und Ölen - Fettsäure-Methylester (FAME) für Dieselmotoren - Bestimmung von mehrfach ungesättigten (≥ 4 Doppelbindungen) Fettsäuremethylestern (PUFA) mittels Gaschromatographie

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 22 September 2009 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 5 August 2013

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Foreword

This document (EN 15779:2009+A1:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 19 “Gaseous and liquid fuels, lubricants and related products of petroleum, synthetic and biological origin”, the secretariat of which is held by NEN

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2014, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by March 2014

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights This document includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 5 August 2013

This document supersedes EN 15779:2009

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According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom

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Introduction 4

1 Scope 5

2 Normative references 5

3 Principle 5

4 Apparatus 5

5 Reagents and materials 6

6 Sampling 6

7 Procedure 7

8 Calculation 7

9 Expression of results 8

10 Precision 8

10.1 General 8

10.2 Repeatability, r 8

10.3 Reproducibility, R 9

11 Test report 9

Bibliography 10

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Introduction

Polyunsaturated fatty acid methyl esters are considered as a critical component in FAME since they show a low stability against oxidation and polymerization reactions The specification on polyunsaturated ester content is needed in FAME and biodiesel products to limit the content of polyunsaturated FAME with more than three double bonds At the time of the first FAME fuel specifications no test method was available for such a complicated determination in terms of identification and quantification, so technical work has been done in a joint working group with CEN/TC 307 before any standardisation steps could be taken

The method has been prepared by the partners of the project "BIOScopes" (Lot 1, Task a) funded by the European Commission, DG TREN, with the purpose to execute a Pan-European round robin test to determine the precision data and the usability of this new and other revised determination methods for FAME

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1 Scope

This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of the polyunsaturated (≥ 4 double bonds)

fatty acid (PUFA) methyl esters content of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) as a whole between 0,6 % (m/m) and 1,5 % (m/m)

The method covers the predominant four polyunsaturated fatty acid methyl esters of eicosatetraenoic acid (C 20:4 (n-6)), eicosapentaenoic acid (C 20:5 (n-3)), docosapentaenoic acid (C 22:5 (n-3), and docosahexaenoic acid (C 22:6 (n-3))

Studies have indicated that based on the linearity of results from this European Standard, PUFA methyl esters

can be determined in FAME in the range between 0,3 % (m/m) to 3,0 % (m/m) However, the precision was

not established in that range, as no samples within the upper ranges where included in the final interlaboratory test (see 10.1)

Although the method is applicable to all uses, it is predominantly for FAME for use in diesel engines

NOTE 1 For the purposes of this document, the term “% (m/m)” is used to represent the mass fraction of a material

NOTE 2 This European Standard is based on A.O.C.S Official Method Ce 1b-89 [1]

2 Normative references

!The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application For dated references, only the edition cited applies For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies."

EN ISO 3170, Petroleum liquids — Manual sampling (ISO 3170:2004)

EN ISO 3171, Petroleum liquids — Automatic pipeline sampling (ISO 3171:1988)

3 Principle

Determination of the percentage of polyunsaturated (≥ 4 double bonds) fatty acid (PUFA) methyl ester present

in FAME is done by gas chromatography/FID detection using internal calibration with C 23:0 methyl ester The theoretical detector correction factors relative to C 23:0 internal standard for different poly-unsaturated ester types are applied to the analytical data for optimum accuracy

4 Apparatus

4.1 Capable gas chromatograph, consisting of a capillary injection system (preferable split mode at a split

ratio of 1:50), a flame ionization FID detector and the following:

4.1.1 Injector, temperature 220 °C

4.1.2 Detector, temperature 275 °C

4.1.3 Oven temperature profile, initial temperature 150 °C, initial hold time 1 min; program rate 15 °C/min

up to 200 °C; 2 °C/min up to 250 °C final temperature

4.1.4 Capillary column, fused silica; 30 m in length, 0,25 µm film thickness and 0,20 mm to 0,32 mm

internal diameter The liquid phase shall be bonded Carbowax or an equivalent polyethylene glycol type

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NOTE HP–INNOWax, SUPELCOWAX 10, Carbowax, CP-WAX 52CB and DBwax have been found satisfactory

4.1.5 Carrier gas, hydrogen or helium of 99,99 % purity or better

4.1.6 Additional gas, depending on instrumentation (compressed air, oxygen), but of high purity An

oxygen scrubber is mandatory with Wax-type columns

4.1.7 Data analysis, according to the corresponding instrumentation software

4.2 Screw-cap vials, of 1,5 ml content, with leak-tight (Teflon) lined caps

4.3 Volumetric pipette or syringe, of 1 ml content

4.4 Pasteur type pipettes

4.5 Volumetric flask, of 25 ml content

4.6 Analytical balance, capable to weigh at ± 0,1 mg

5 Reagents and materials

5.1 Tricosanoic acid methyl ester (C 23:0), !minimum purity of 99,0 % (m/m)"; internal standard (IS)

solution, to be stored at + 4 °C and to be warmed up to room temperature before use

!NOTE 1" If the storage conditions are maintained carefully, the solution has been found to be stable up to one month without any degradation losses

!NOTE 2 Standards are available from Nu Chek Prep® (www.nu-chekprep.com).1)"

5.2 Heptane, analytical grade

5.3 Reference PUFA methyl esters, C 20:4 (n-6) (eicosatetraenoic acid), C 20:5 (n-3) (eicosapentaenoic

acid), C 22:5 (n-3) (docosapentaenoic acid, and C 22:6 (n-3) (docosahexaenoic acid), !with a minimum purity of 99,0 % (m/m)"

!NOTE Standards are available from Nu Chek Prep® (www.nu-chekprep.com).1)"

6 Sampling

Unless otherwise specified in the commodity specification, samples shall be taken as described in

EN ISO 3170 or EN ISO 3171 and/or in accordance with the requirements of national standards or regulations for the sampling of the product under test

If it is necessary to determine PUFA methyl esters directly out of marine oils, the sample preparation should

be in accordance with EN ISO 5509 [2]

!

1) Nu Chek Prep® (www.nu-chekprep.com) is an example of a suitable product available commercially This information is given for the convenience of users of this European Standard and does not constitute an endorsement by CEN of these products."

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7 Procedure

7.1 Weigh approx 25 mg to the nearest 0,1 mg of internal standard (5.1) into a 25 ml volumetric flask (4.5)

and fill up to mark with heptane (5.2)

7.2 Weigh approx 100 mg to the nearest 0,1 mg of FAME into a 1,5 ml vial (4.2)

7.3 Pipette 1 ml aliquot of the Internal Standard (5.1) into the vial, cap and mix thoroughly

7.4 Inject 1 µl of solution under appropriate gas chromatographic conditions (see 4.1)

8 Calculation

The PUFA content, C, expressed in mass percentage, is calculated according:

100 IS

IS

IS PUFA

∑

m

V C

where:

AIS is the peak area of the internal standard C 23:0;

APUFA are the peak areas of the polyunsaturated fatty acid methyl esters (see Figure 1);

CIS is the concentration in mg/ml of the internal standard;

CFPUFA are the theoretical correction factors of the corresponding PUFA methyl esters (see below);

VIS is the volume in ml of the internal standard added;

m is the mass in mg of the sample (see 7.2)

Identification of the polyunsaturated fatty acid methyl esters has to be done by using the reference PUFA methyl esters (5.3)

The following theoretical detector correction factors (CFPUFA) relative to C 23:0 shall be applied to the calculation for optimum accuracy (see also Figure 1):

a) 20:4 n-6: 0,99;

b) 20:5 n-3: 0,98;

c) 22:5 n-3: 0,98; and

d) 22:6 n-3: 0,97

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Key

1 C 20:4 (n-6) methyl ester

2 C 20:5 (n-3) methyl ester

3 Internal standard C 23:0 methyl ester

4 C 22:5 (n-3) methyl ester

5 C 22:6 (n-3) methyl ester

Figure 1 — Reference chromatogram based on salmon oil methyl esters

9 Expression of results

Report the PUFA content as mass percentage, in % (m/m), rounded to the nearest 0,01

10 Precision

10.1 General

The precision given was derived from statistical analysis by EN ISO 4259 [3] of the results of interlaboratory testing of a matrix of biodiesel fuels including 6 types PUFA methyl esters from fish oil blended in FAME in the

range of 0,1 % (m/m) to 1,5 % (m/m)

NOTE The interlaboratory testing and the statistical evaluation are detailed in [4]

10.2 Repeatability, r

The difference between two test results, obtained by the same operator with the same apparatus under constant operating conditions on identical test material would in the long run, in the normal and correct operation of the test method, exceed the following value in absolute value in only one case in twenty:

r = 0,07 % (m/m)

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10.3 Reproducibility, R

The difference between two single and independent test results, obtained by different operators working in different laboratories on identical test material, would in the long run, in the normal and correct operation of the test method, exceed the following value in only one case in twenty:

R = 0,27 % (m/m)

11 Test report

The test report shall contain at least the following information:

a) reference to this European Standard, i.e EN 15779;

b) type and complete identification of the product tested;

c) used method of sampling (see Clause 6);

d) result of the test (see Clause 9);

e) any deviation, by agreement or otherwise, from the procedure specified in this European Standard, or regarded as optional;

f) details of any incidents which may have influenced the test results;

g) date of the test

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