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Recycled Fuel Oil

Recycled Fuel Oil in Tradeasia

IUPAC Name

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Cas Number

68476-30-2

HS Code

27101950

Formula

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Basic Info

Appearance

Black Viscous Liquid

Common Names

Recycled fuel oil

Packaging

As per customers request

Overview
Fuel oil (also known as heavy oil, marine fuel or furnace oil) is a fraction obtained frompetroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue. In general terms, fuel oil is any liquid fuel 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 42 °C (108 °F) and oils burned in cotton or wool-wick burners. 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, i.e., heavier than gasoline and naphtha.


Manufacturing Process


Fuel oil manufactured by petroleum refining processes. Petroleum refineries are large-scale industrial complexes that produce saleable petroleum products from crude oil (and sometimes other feedstocks like biomass). The details of refinery operations differ from location to location, but virtually all refineries share two basic processes for separating crude oil into the various product components. Actual refinery operations are very complicated, but the basic functions of the refinery can be broken down into three categories of chemical processes:

 

  • Distillation involves the separation of materials based on differences in their volatility. This is the first and most basic step in the refining process, and is the precursor to cracking and reforming.
  • Cracking involves breaking up heavy molecules into lighter (and more valuable) hydrocarbons.
  • Reforming involves changing the chemical nature of hydrocarbons to achieve desired physical properties (and also to increase the market value of those chemicals).

Source of energy
Oil has many uses in term of energy source; it can produce heats to homes and businesses and fuels trucks, ships, and cars. A small amount of electricity is produced by diesel, but it is more polluting and more expensive than natural gas. It is often used as a backup fuel for peaking power plants in case the supply of natural gas is interrupted or as the main fuel for small electrical generators.


Asphalt
The residue from crude distillation is usually processed to an asphalt product as much as possible, since as a component of residual fuel oils it generally fetches a lower price than as asphalt itself. Lower melting point asphalts are used for the waterproofing of flat, built-up roofs and the like, where the self-sealing qualities are an attraction. For application as road surfacing, small crushed gravel aggregate is blended into hot asphalt, which serves as the binder.

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