The BIOREMA project – part 2: International interlaboratory comparison for biodiesel test methods

Published

January 4, 2013

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, Manuela Ulberth-Buchgraber, Monica Potalivo, Andrea Held, Annaratia Baldan, Adriaan van der Veen, Hugo Ent, Valnei Cunha, Romeu Daroda, Ruth Hearn, Richard Brown, Paul Brewer, Brian E. Lang

Abstract

The results of an interlaboratory comparison, using various measurement methods to carry out biodiesel testing, are presented, and the findings discussed. The interlaboratory comparison was organised within the framework of an EU funded project called BIOREMA [1]. In the study presented here, reference values, provided by national metrology institutes and expert laboratories, were used for evaluating the results. Consensus values, derived from the results of all participants, were used to assess any bias between the results from the national metrology institutes and testing laboratories. The emphasis in this interlaboratory comparison was not the performance rating of the individual laboratories, but recognising and interpreting differences caused by the measurement methods applied. For most biodiesel parameters, a good agreement of measurement results was found among different methods, and between the consensus and reference values. The study material was a biodiesel prepared from rapeseed oil fatty acid methyl ester. , for which it wasThe results from the study demonstrated that it is feasible to prepare and characterise reference materials for biodiesel with well-established reference values for many parameters.

Citation

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volume

18

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

BIOREMA project, biodiesel test methods, FAME, interlaboratory comparison, reference value, proficiency test

Citation

Schantz, M. , Ulberth-Buchgraber, M. , Potalivo, M. , Held, A. , Baldan, A. , van, A. , Ent, H. , Cunha, V. , Daroda, R. , Hearn, R. , Brown, R. , Brewer, P. and Lang, B. (2013), The BIOREMA project – part 2: International interlaboratory comparison for biodiesel test methods, Accreditation and Quality Assurance (Accessed March 13, 2025)