Fuel quality publications

Hard copies of some of these publications are available free of charge from the Community Information Unit.

Books, reports and series

Evaluating the Health Impacts of Ethanol Blend Petrol - June 2008
Cetane discussion paper - National Fuel Quality Standards: Measuring cetane number: options for diesel and alternative diesel fuels - April 2004
Companies approved to supply leaded fuel in Australia
Draft standard for fuel parameters (biodiesel) - Commonwealth position - August 2003
Literature Review Based Assessment on the Impacts of a 10% and 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on Non-Automotive Engines - December 2000
Literature Review Based Assessment on the Impacts of a 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on the Australian Vehicle Fleet - November 2000
Marine Outboard Driveability Assessment to Determine Impacts of a 10% and 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on a Small Batch of Engines - February 2003
Regulation Impact Statement for the Fuel Standard (Petrol) Determination 2001 and the Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Determination 2001 - 2001
Review of fuel quality requirements for Australian transport commences - Background paper
Review of Fuel Quality Requirements for Australian Transport - March 2000
Review of fuel quality report stakeholder consultation and scenario development - 2001
Proposed management of diesel/biodiesel blends - Position Paper - January 2008
Standardising diesel/biodiesel blends - Discussion paper - November 2006
Setting national fuel quality standards - discussion papers:
- Paper 1 - Summary Report of the Review of Fuel Quality Requirements for Australian Transport and Assessment of Benefits and Costs of Adopting New Standards
- Paper 2 - Proposed Standards for Fuel Parameters (Petrol and Diesel) - May 2000
- Paper 2A - Proposed Management of Petrol Octane Enhancing Additives/Products
- Paper 3 - proposed model for standards implementation - May 2000
- Paper 4 - Discussion Paper on Operability Fuel Parameters (Petrol and Diesel) - August 2001
- Paper 5 - Proposed standards for liquefied petroleum gas (Autogas) - October 2001
- Paper 6 - National Standard for Biodiesel - March 2003
  - Discussion paper submissions
- Paper 7 - Diesohol - May 2004
Setting national fuel quality standards - proposed standards for fuel parameters (petrol and diesel) - revised commonwealth position - 2000
Setting the Ethanol Limit in Petrol - Jan 2002
Technical Assessment of E10 and E20 Petrol Ethanol Blends Applied to Non-Automotive Engines: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis of Engine Function and Component Design for Mercury Marine 15hp Outboard and Stihl FS45 Line-Trimmer Engines - November 2002
Testing Based Assessment to Determine Impacts of a 10% and 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on Non-Automotive Engines - January 2003
Testing Based Assessment to Determine Impacts of a 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on the Australian Passenger Vehicle Fleet - March 2003
Testing Based Assessment to Determine Impacts of a 10% and 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on Non-automotive Engines - 2000hrs Material Compatibility Testing - May 2003
Testing Based Assessment to Determine Impacts of a 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on the Australian Passenger Vehicle Fleet - 2000hrs Material Compatibility Testing - May 2003
Testing Gasoline Containing 20% Ethanol (E20) - Phase 2B Final Report Market Barriers to the Uptake of Biofuels Study - May 2004

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Subject guide to publications

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