ASTM E3050-22 - 15.9.2022
 
1. Scope

1.1?This specification covers denatured ethanol intended to be used as a cooking or appliance fuel, or both.

1.1.1?This product is intentionally denatured as an additional deterrent to consumption and to avoid beverage alcohol use.

1.1.2?This specification allows for various denaturants to be used for the intended purpose of cooking or appliance fuel. Jurisdictions may vary in their regulatory requirement for the allowable or prohibited types of denaturants, chemical composition of the denaturant or concentration of denaturant needed to denature the ethanol.

1.2?Nothing in this specification shall preclude observance of federal, state, or local regulations.

1.3?Denatured ethanol has many regulatory limitations that cover the production, trading, transporting, distributing, wholesale and retail sale, and use of denatured ethanol; this specification does not purport to address the regulatory compliance aspects of these activities.

1.4?The application and intent of this product is for household cooking fuel and not for on-road motor fuel use (see D4806).

1.5?UnitsThe values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

1.6?This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

1.7?This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

 
2. Referenced Documents

D4057-22

Standard Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products

D5854-19a

Standard Practice for Mixing and Handling of Liquid Samples of Petroleum and Petroleum Products (Includes all amendments and changes 8/13/2019).

D4815-22

Standard Test Method for Determination of MTBE, ETBE, TAME, DIPE, tertiary-Amyl Alcohol and C1 to C4 Alcohols in Gasoline by Gas Chromatography

D4306-20

Standard Practice for Aviation Fuel Sample Containers for Tests Affected by Trace Contamination

D4177-22e1

Standard Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products (Includes all amendments and changes 3/24/2023).

D381-22

Standard Test Method for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet Evaporation

D7795-15(2022)e1

Standard Test Method for Acidity in Ethanol and Ethanol Blends by Titration (Includes all amendments and changes 5/4/2022).

E1064-24

Standard Test Method for Water in Organic Liquids by Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration

E300-03(2022)

Standard Practice for Sampling Industrial Chemicals

E203-24

Standard Test Method for Water Using Volumetric Karl Fischer Titration

D5501-20

Standard Test Method for Determination of Ethanol and Methanol Content in Fuels Containing Greater than 20 % Ethanol by Gas Chromatography