Kerosene - domestic heating fuel

Kerosene has essentially the same boiling range distillation as Jet A and is thus of similar composition. The main difference is the presence of sulfur species in kerosene. A low sulfur grade kerosene is produced as well as a regular high sulfur grade. The carbon range is C8-C16 and a typical composition is 70% saturated hydrocarbons, 30% aromatics. C10-C12 are the most abundant alkanes present. 

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Kerosene C12 H26 to C16 H34 170 to 275 Rocket and jet engine fuel, domestic heating... 

Drying and sweetening is a broad class of processes used to remove sulfur compounds, water, and other impurities from gasohne, kerosene, jet fuels, domestic heating oils, and other middle... 

Kerosene (paraffin) in the range 160-250°C, consisting mainly of Cn and C12 hydrocarbons. It is a fuel both for domestic heating and jet engines. 

No.l fuel oil is slightly heavier than kerosene and is used almost exclusively for domestic heating and light diesel engines dieselfuel, 68334-30-5). 

Middle distillates such as diesel fuel, kerosene, jet fuel, domestic heating oil, and other gas oils, to remove sulfur for enviromnental reasons. Hydrotreating is also used to increase the smoke point or cetane number by hydrogenating aromatic components. 

Domestic fuel oils are those used primarily in the home and include kerosene, stove oil, and furnace fuel oil. Diesel fuel oils are also distillate fuel oils, but residual oils have been successhjlly used to power marine diesel engines, and mixtures of distillates and residuals have been used on locomotive diesels. Heavy fuel oils include a variety of oils, ranging from distillates to residual oils, that must be heated to 260°C or higher before they can be used. In general, heavy fuel oil consists of residual oil blended with distillate to suit specific needs. Heavy fuel oil includes various industrial oils and, when used to fuel ships, is called bunker oil. 

U.S. consumption of distillate fuels used for heating decreased gradually between 1979 and 1983 (lARC 1989). The annual domestic demand for distillate fuel oils was approximately 1,214,355,000 barrels in 1979, decreasing to 981,850,000 barrels in 1983. The U.S. demand for distillate fuels subsequently rose from 1984 to 1989, reaching an annual maximum of 1,248,700,000 barrels in 1989 (API 1991). The annual domestic demand for residual fuel oils also decreased between 1979 (1,034,800,000 barrels) and 1985 (475,600,000 barrels). After 1985, the demand varied from an annual average of 561,000,000 barrels in 1986 to 486,180,000 barrels in 1990 (API 1991). Finally, the average annual domestic demand for kerosene decreased from 68,990,000 barrels in 1979 to 16,790,000 barrels in 1990 (API 1991). 

Uses. Jet fuel fuel for domestic and industrial heating kerosene lamps, fiares, and stoves diesel fuel for diesel engines road oils... 

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