What is BS EN 16942 about?
BS EN 16942 discusses about Identification of vehicle compatibility fuels. BS EN 16942 lays down harmonized identifiers for marketed liquid and gaseous fuels.
The requirements in BS EN 16942 are to complement the informational needs of users regarding the compatibility between the fuels and the vehicles that are placed on the market.
The identifier is intended to be visualized at dispensers and refuelling points, on vehicles, in motor vehicle dealerships, and in consumer manuals as described in BS EN 16942.
NOTE 1: Marketed fuels include for example petroleum-derived fuels, synthetic fuels, biofuels, natural gas, LPG, hydrogen, and biogas and blends of the aforementioned delivered to mobile applications.
NOTE 2: For the purposes of BS EN 16942, the terms “% (m/m)” and “% (V/V)” are used to represent respectively the mass fraction, μ, and the volume fraction, φ
Who is BS EN 16942 for?
BS EN 16942 on Graphical expression for consumer information is beneficial for:
- Manufacturers for larger vehicles
- Automobile manufacturers
- Department of the environment transport
Why should you use BS EN 16942?
Fuels are dense repositories of energy that are consumed to provide energy services such as heating, transportation, and electrical generation.
BS EN 16942 is useful in order to ensure that user information on the compatibility of their vehicles with the fuels or electricity recharging points is provided in motor vehicle manuals, at refuelling and recharging points, as well as on motor vehicles and in motor vehicle dealerships in their territory.
The information provided in BS EN 16942 is based on labelling provisions of ESO which sets technical specifications of fuels. BS EN 16942 gives graphical expression as per the following requirements:
- To provide relevant, consistent, and clear information as regards those motor vehicles which can
- Be regularly fuelled with compatible fuels placed on the market
- To be simple and easy to understand;
- To be able to be placed in a clearly visible manner:
- On corresponding fuel pumps and their nozzles at refuelling points,
- On or in the immediate proximity of fuel tanks’ filler caps for vehicles, recommended and
- Compatible with that fuel and in motor vehicle manuals