Round Robin Tests for Biodiesel and vegetable & used cooking oils
Start of the extended round robin tests of Association Quality Management Biodiesel (AGQM) and Mineral Oil and Fuel Standardization Committee (FAM).
For ten years AGQM and FAM annually conduct their international round robin test on the analytical methods for FAME and rapeseed oil fuel. To improve the greenhouse gas balance and to support circular economy, increasing amounts of wastes and residues e.g. used cooking oils (UCO) are used for biodiesel production. Already since 2015 one sample of the FAME round robin test (methods from EN 14214) includes biodiesel from used cooking oils (UCOME). This year, also the round robin test “rapeseed oil fuel” will be modified accordingly. The new round robin test “vegetable & used cooking oils” (methods from DIN 51623) will contain a UCO sample next to a typical vegetable oil sample. The requested methods can be used to check vegetable oils as fuel as well as for input analysis at biodiesel producers.
Registration is possible until 13 April 2018 at http://rrt.agqm-biodiesel.com. More information about the round robin test can be found on AGQM’s homepage or requested by e-mail (vasb@ntdz-ovbqvrfry.qr).
Round robin tests are an important instrument for laboratories to control and improve their own measuring competence and to identify handling, device or systematic errors. The participation in this round robin test can be used for accreditation of the laboratory.
