FUEL OIL

oil which is used for fuel (made from crude petroleum)

Fuel oil is a fraction obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue. Broadly speaking, fuel oil is any liquid petroleum product that is burned in a furnace or boiler for the generation of heat or used in an engine for the generation of power, except oils having a flash point of approximately and oils burned in cotton or wool-wick burners. In this sense, diesel is a type of fuel oil. Fuel oil is made of long hydrocarbon chains, particularly alkanes, cycloalkanes and aromatics. The term fuel oil is also used in a stricter sense to refer only to the heaviest commercial fuel that can be obtained from crude oil, heavier than gasoline and naphtha.
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Noun
1. a petroleum product used for fuel
(synonym) heating oil
(hypernym) oil
(hyponym) gas oil

A liquid petroleum product less volatile than gasoline, used as an energy source. Fuel oil includes distillate fuel oil (No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4), residual fuel oil (No. 5 and No. 6), and kerosene. (DOE5)

A light distillate fuel oil intended for use in vaporizing pot-type burners. ASTM Specification D 396 specifies for this grade maximum distillation temperatures of 400 degrees Fahrenheit at the 10-percent point and 550 degrees Fahrenheit at the 90-percent point, and kinematic viscosities between 1.4 and 2.2 centistokes at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. (DOE2)

A distillate fuel oil for use in atomizing type burners for domestic heating or for moderate capacity commercial-industrial burner units. ASTM Specification D 396 specifies for this grade distillation temperatures at the 90-percent point between 540 and 640 degrees Fahrenheit, and kinematic viscosities between 2.0 and 3.6 centistokes at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. (DOE2)

A fuel oil for commercial burner installations not equipped for preheating facilities. It is used extensively in industrial plants. This grade is a blend of distillate fuel oil and residual fuel oil stocks that conform to ASTM Specification D 396 or Federal Specification VV-F-815C; its kinematic viscosity is between 5.8 and 26.4 centistokes at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Also included is No. 4-D, a fuel oil for lower and medium-speed diesel engines that conforms to ASTM Specification D 975. (DOE2)

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