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Members of the
committee, made up of
automobile and engine
manufacturers in
Europe, Japan and the United States,
are scheduled to complete any final
edits and review for approval by the
end of the summer.
Various stakeholders, including
fuel producers, were invited to com-
ment on the proposal by February;
the committee has reviewed all
comments and incorporated some
suggested changes.
Experts say the most signifi-
cant change in the final draft of the
fifth edition is the introduction of a
new fifth level, appropriately called
"Category 5," for markets with highly
advanced requirements for emission
control and fuel efficiency. This level
will apply to countries such as the
U.S. and Europe that require vehicles
and engines to meet the most rigor-
ous fuel economy and emissions
standards in the world.
The committee said Category 5
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would raise the minimum research
octane number (RON) in gasoline
from 90 to 95. Octane number is
a standard measure of the perfor-
mance of a fuel in spark ignition
engines. Fuels with a higher octane
rating are used in high-compression
engines that generally have higher
performance.
During a presentation at the 19th
Annual Fuels & Lubes Asia Confer-
ence in March, Masato Matsuki of
Honda R&D Company, Ltd., pre-
dicted that fuel quality and emission
control requirements will be even
tighter by 2020 in both developed
and emerging countries, and he
placed high importance on a parallel
increase in RON.
"Improvement of fuel quality can
be achieved through mutual under-
standing and cooperation among
government, oil and automotive
industries," said Matsuki, who is also
vice chairman of the fuel and lubri-
cant subcommittee of the Japan Au-
tomobile Manufacturers Association
(JAMA). "The future direction of fuel
quality improvement should be based
on ultra-low emission, significant
reduction of CO2 and international
harmonization. Increasing RON of
gasoline and its harmonization is
important as well as lowering sulfur."
For diesel fuel, Category 5
introduces a high quality hydrocar-
bon-only specification that takes
advantage of the characteristics of
certain advanced biofuels, such as hy-
drotreated vegetable oil and biomass-
to-liquid. The revised Category 4
would allow biodiesel in diesel fuel at
levels up to 5% by volume, according
to the proposed charter.
Previously, the charter contained
four different categories of fuel-
quality levels for unleaded gasoline
and diesel fuel based on the type of
market—from those with no level
of emission controls to those with
highly advanced requirements for
emission control and fuel efficiency.
Members of the committee
include representatives from the Eu-
ropean Automobile Manufacturers
Association (ACEA), the U.S.-based
Alliance of Automobile Manufactur-
ers (AAM) and Truck and Engine
Manufacturers Association (TEMA)
and JAMA.
Other changes from the previous
edition include a new test method for
After an extensive review process, members of the Worldwide Fuel Charter
committee are poised to publish the fifth edition of the charter, which will
change its fuel-quality recommendations for the first time since 2006.
在经历了广泛的审查后，世界燃油规范委员会将准备出版该规范的第
五版，在新版中将自2006年来第一次修改燃油质量建议。
Worldwide Fuel Charter
to publish 5th edition
世界燃油规范将出第五版
作者：Kelly Thornton
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