Different kinds of energy are used in many industries.Recently, however, sharply increased the demand of energy use in the home.This is due to the desire of the consumer to the independence and autonomy.More and more people are ready to change the city apartment and a country cottage houses away from the city.Heating oil has become the most sought-after resource for heat.Use of gas and electricity as space heating and water is impractical.Furthermore, heating oil when burned, release far more energy than diesel, which makes it the most suitable energy source for heating.And it can not but rejoice, because the value of heat transfer from the heating oil is relatively higher than traditional forms of heating.
Heating oil - a distillation residue of oil, which depending on its viscosity is divided into several grades, defining its function.
Types
Standard heating oil includes several brands: light, medium and heavy.Wherein determining quality properties are viscosity, pour point and combustion heat amount issued, the water content of sulfur and other impurities.
also fuel Domestic heating is sorted by the percentage of sulfur.Thus, the presence of sulfur is not more than 0.5% designates it as a low-sulfur.Called sulphurous fuel with sulfur content not exceeding 1.1%.
also distinguish between light and dark heating oil.
Features light heating oil
main property of this species - the calorific value.This has contributed to the recognition of this type of fuel as the best source of energy.It is used for combustion in heating systems of residential premises, as well as for generators in agriculture.
also practiced brightening dark heating oil.Special technology using safe from an environmental point of view of extracting not only discolor fuel, but also reduce the sulfur content.Clarification is produced by chemical means.However, if the furnace fuel contains aromatic hydrocarbons, the cost of the process significantly exceeds the cost of the clarification of the liquid.
storage and transport conditions
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 - a closed container with a mandatory fluid circulation.However, in order not to increase the viscosity of the oil, it must be stored in the heat.
Transportation can be carried out in special tanks with a drain hole in the bottom.The tank must be equipped with a system controlling the pressure, in addition, should have air valves.Filling the vessel to be no more than 95% of the total.
In small quantities allowed transport heating oil in cans and plastic drums.
