OK who knows for sure th edifference in Fuel Oil and

[hammersley]

Diesel #2?????????? I want precise data - not speculation... ..... please... .

 

[67guzzler]

What is fuel oil?

 

[hammersley]

Fuel Oil - what you can heat your house with......

Fuel Oil - house heating oil.....

 

[hammersley]

OK - forgot about this site - fantastic

http://science.howstuffworks.com/oil-refining.htm



also here's my answer>>>>>>>>>>>>>



http://www.cecarf.org/Programs/Fuels/FuelsQA.html



which states:



Q: What is the difference between diesel fuel and home heating oil?



A: Home heating oil and transportation diesel are chemically identical, but in the refinery they are processed in slightly different ways for their respective sectors. In addition to having specified regulations and taxes, transportation diesel has a low sulfur standard, meaning that it must contain 0. 05 percent sulfur or less. Home heating oil is required by law to contain a maximum of 0. 5 percent sulfur, but due to unintentional mixing of transportation diesel and home heating oil at the refinery, the sulfur content of home heating oil usually hovers around 0. 2 percent. In order to distinguish home heating oil from transportation diesel, the refiner will typically dye heating oil a cranberry color, but otherwise these fuels are the same.

 

[67guzzler]

Cummins published a white paper in the early-middle 90's comparing jet, home heating oil, kerosine, #1 and #2 diesel. The closest fuel to #2 diesel wasn't kerosine. It was home heating oil. I wish I had the paper. I'll look online.

 

[Johnstra]

The following quote comes from a paper I'm reading called "Biodiesel: The Use of Vegatable Oils and Their Derivatives as Alternative Diesel Fuels" (link)...

No. 2 diesel fuel (DF2) includes distillate gas oils of lower volatility. This grade is suitable for use in high-speed engines under relatively high loads and uniform speeds. DF2 can be used in engines not requiring fuels having the greater volatility and other properties specified for No. 1 diesel fuels. DF2 is the transportation diesel fuel to which biodiesel is usually compared. No. 4 diesel fuel (DF4) covers the more viscous distillates and their blends with residual fuel oils. It is usually satisfactory only for low-speed and medium-speed engines operated under sustained load at nearly constant speed.

-john

 

[RustyJC]

Be careful! Residual fuel oils are typically heavy "Bunker"-type fuel used on ships for boiler fuel and for some slow-speed marine diesels. Residual fuel oils are not the same as home heating oil.



Rusty

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

At the Port of Albany the dye is injected at the time of tanker fill, whether it's #2 or home heating it comes out of the same tank.

 

[hammersley]

So does all home heating oil have the red

dye????? And if so why - I mean it goes into tanks at homes - I know one can cheat BUT why would they spend the $$$$ for something that isn't the oil companies problem?????

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

Because the taxman says too do it!

 

[Harley152]

Have a good friend who has a 500 gal. tank for home heating oil---been running his 12 valve on it for years with no problems---much cheaper and he doesn't even have oil heat any more!!!



Jerry

 

[RT66DOC]

How much does home heating oil cast nowadays?