Fuel Oil



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, which 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 40 oC (104 o F). 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.

Specification:

Characteristics Value
Density @ 15 ° C (max) kg /L 0.99
Viscosity kinematic @ 50 ° C (max) mm2/s 380
Pour Point (Max) 32
Flash Point (Min) ° C 65
(Sulphur Total max)%mass 3.5
Carbon Residue Conradson (max)%mass 20
Ash (max) %mass 0.15
Water & sediment (max) % vol 1.0
Colorific value higher (min) MJ/kg 41.7