Furnace oil is also called fuel oil, heavy oil, marine fuel, bunker, furnace oil, or gasoil. The furnace fuel primarily consists of residues from crude oil distillation. Furnace oil is obtained from the flammable liquids acquired from crude oil and is also named kerosene.
What is furnace oil?
Kerosene is widely used and known as home heating oil, diesel fuel, or coal oil. Then, commercial fuel oils are made, blending the oil with other petroleum fractions to achieve a required viscosity and flashpoint. Please note that the flashpoint of furnace oil is always higher than that of kerosene.
Below listed are the uses of Furnace oil:
- Furnace oil is used to heat fuel trucks.
- It is much used as a backup fuel for peaking power plants.
- It is used to heat homes.
- It is utilized to produce steam for industrial uses.
- It is an integral part of generating electric energy.
- It is used to light up furnaces.
- Furnace oil efficiently producing steam for industrial uses
- It is worn as fuel for Power Generation in DG Sets.
- Furnace oil is used as fuel for bunkering.
- Furnace oil is also used as a feedstock in fertilizer plants.
- It can power many types of engines, lamps, heaters, stoves, and lanterns. You can use it to operate home heating devices such as stoves, furnaces, and boilers.
