Results for particle contamination in diesel in Europe and Russia

In addition to the UK and Russia, high particle contamination was found mostly in Greece, Cyprus and Hungary, but also lately in other countries like Bulgaria and Spain. Results from SGS Worldwide Fuel Survey (WWFS) samples do not show a significant correlation between particles according to standard EN 12662 on determination of total contamination in middle distillates, diesel fuels and fatty acid methyl esters and the particle count according to ISO 4406 standard for hydraulic fluid power-fluids-method for coding the level of contamination by solid particles code 20. Values have been decreasing, and in 2022 no country was above a 10,000 particle count. Greece had 9,847 particles per ml in one sample. Contamination may have