Heating oil as an alternative to traditional heating

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Different types of energy carriers are used in many industries. However, in recent years, the need for the use of energy carriers in everyday life has sharply increased. This is due to the desire of the consumer for independence and autonomy. More and more people are ready to change city apartments for country cottages and houses away from the bustle of the city. Furnace fuel has become the most demanded resource for heat generation. It is not advisable to use gas and electricity as space heating and water. Moreover, heating oil releases much more energy when burned than diesel fuel, making it the most suitable energy carrier for home heating. And this cannot but rejoice, since the ratio of price and heat transfer of heating oil is relatively higher than traditional types of heating.

Heating oil is a residual product of the distillation of oil, which, depending on its viscosity, is divided into several grades that determine its purpose.

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The heating oil standard provides forseveral grades: light, medium and heavy. At the same time, the quality-determining properties are viscosity, pour point and combustion temperature, the amount of heat output, the content of water, sulfur and other impurities.

Also, household stove fuel is sorted by the percentage of sulfur. So, the presence of sulfur no more than 0.5% defines it as low-sulfur. Sulphurous fuel is called fuel with a sulfur content of not more than 1.1%.

Also distinguish between light and dark heating oil.

Features of light heating oil

The main property of this variety is the calorific value. This contributed to the recognition of this type of fuel as the best energy carrier. Used for combustion in residential heating installations, as well as for the operation of generators in agriculture.

Clarification of dark heating oil is also practiced. A special technology with the use of an environmentally safe extractant allows not only to decolorize the fuel, but also to reduce the sulfur content. Lightening is done chemically. However, if the heating oil contains aromatics, the cost of the clarification process far outweighs the cost of the liquid itself.

Terms of storage and transportation

One of the many advantages of this type of fuel is the absence of any special requirements for transportation and storage. The only requirement for storage is closed containers with mandatory circulation of the liquid. Howeverso that the viscosity of the oil product does not increase, it must be kept warm.

Transportation can be carried out in special tanks with a drain hole at the bottom. The tanker must be equipped with a pressure control system and must also have air valves. The container should be filled no more than 95% of the total volume.

In small volumes it is allowed to transport heating oil in canisters and polymer barrels.