Light heating oil

In the fractional distillation tower, the light gas oil is separated into five different cuts cat-cracked gas, catcracked naphtha, catcracked heating oil, light gas oil, and residue. 

Primary Name Fuel oil No. 2 Common Synonyms Diesel fuel Gas oil or diesel fuel or heating oil, light [UN 1202] No. 2 Home heating oils API No. 2 fuel oil EINECS 270-671-4 Fuel oil No.2 Home heating oil No. 2 No. 2 burner fuel Distillate fuel oils, light Fuel No. 2 Fuel oil (No. 1, 2, 4, 5 or 6) [NA1993]. 

For the refiner, the main problem is to meet the specifications for kinematic viscosity and sulfur content. Dilution by light streams such as home-heating oil and LCO, and selection of feedstocks coming from low-sulfur crude oils give him a measure of flexibility that will nevertheless lead gradually to future restrictions, most notably the new more severe antipollution rules imposing lower limits on sulfur and nitrogen contents. 

Heavy oil, ie, grade nos. 4, 5, and 6, and residual fuel oils light oils, ie, no. 2 heating oil, kerosene, and jet fuel and petroleum coke are deflvered at... 

Low Temperature Carbonization. Low temperature carbonization, when the process does not exceed 700°C, was mainly developed as a process to supply town gas for lighting purposes as well as to provide a smokeless (devolatilized) soHd fuel for domestic consumption (30). However, the process by-products (tars) were also found to be valuable insofar as they served as feedstocks (qv) for an emerging chemical industry and were also converted to gasolines, heating oils, and lubricants (see Gasoline and OTHER motor fuels Lubrication and lubricants) (31). 

Chemical Designations - Synonyms Home heating oil Chemical Formula Not applicable. Observable Characteristics - Physical State (as shipped) Liquid Color Light brown Odor Like kerosine characteristic. 

Atmospheric gas oil 520-G50T 271-343°C Light gas oil Blending into diesel fuels and home heating oils... 

In many units, the light cycle oil (LCO) is the only sidecut that leaves the unit as a product. LCO is withdrawn from the main column and routed to a side stripper for flash control. LCO is sometimes treated for sulfur removal prior to being blended into the heating oil pool. In some units, a slipstream of LCO, either stripped or unstripped, is sent to the sponge oil absorber in the gas plant. In other units, sponge oil is the cooled, unstripped LCO. 

No. 4 A light industrial heating oil that is intended where preheating is not required for handling or burning. 

The term white distillate is applied to all the refinery streams with a distillation range between approximately 80 and 360°C (175 to 680°F) at atmospheric pressure and with properties similar to the corresponding straight-run distillate from atmospheric crude distillation. Light distillate products (i.e., naphtha, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel fuel, and heating oil) are all manufactured by appropriate blending of white distillate streams. 

No. 4 fuel oil a light indnstrial heating oil and is nsed where preheating is not required for handling or burning there are two grades of No. 4 fuel oil, differing in safety (flash point) and flow (viscosity) properties. 

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