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FUEL OIL GRADE [5 records]

Record 1 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Black Products (Petroleum)
CONT

There are two general classes of fuel oil-distillates and residuals. The distillates are the substances that distil off from petroleum. The residuals are the remaining residues or blends of these residues with distillates. These two classes are further divided into grades based on the type of equipment in which they are used... There are two grades of distillate fuels and four grades of residual fuels. Grade No. 1 is a light distillate fuel oil used in vaporizing-type burners.... Grade No. 2 is a heavier distillate than Grade No. 1 and is used in atomizing-type burners for domestic and commercial heating.

Key term(s)
  • No. 2 fuel oil
  • No. 2 fuel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits noirs (Pétrole)
CONT

Le fuel-oil lourd n° 2 a une viscosité à 50 °C supérieure à 110 mm²/s, une teneur en soufre inférieure ou égale à 4 % en masse (2 % pour la qualité B.T.S. (basse teneur en soufre), 1 % pour la qualité T.B.T.S. (très basse teneur en soufre).

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
  • Gas and Oil Heating
CONT

Grades of fuel oil. Voluntary commercial standards recommended by the U.S. Bureau of Standards for different classification of fuel oils, based on characteristics such as specific gravity and viscosity.

CONT

Pour Point Test. This tests is designed to provide a guideline figure for the pour point of residual fuel oils, specifically fuel oil grade RMA-RMK of ISO 8217 1996.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
CONT

Type of Oil Burner : Mechanical Atomizing(Register type) ;Size Range, 1/h(kW) : 303 and up(3516) ;Fuel Grade : No. 2 to 6; Usual Application : Boilers, industrial furnaces.

CONT

Industrial warm-air furnaces, or heavy-duty furnaces, are available with capacity in excess of 1,000,000 Btu per hour. Used for schools, churches, commercial buildings, and industrial buildings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
  • Gas and Oil Heating
CONT

Domestic burners usually are confined to the use of oils ranging in grade from No. 1 to No. 4 and employ either one of two methods to prepare the fuel oil for combustion. These are atomization(spraying) and vaporisation(heating). Atomization or spraying is divided into three types, namely, high-pressure atomization, low-pressure atomization, and centrifugal atomization.... The third way in which oil is atomized is by use of centrifugal force. The oil is fed to a rapidly rotating cup(3, 450 rpm or faster). It then spreads throughout this cup in a fine film and flies of the outer edge at a high rate of speed in a very finely divided state. Burners that make use of such centrifugal force are of two types from the standpoint of their design : the horizontal rotary type and the vertical rotary type. High-speed motors are required by burners that use this type of atomization exclusively. With centrifugal atomizing burners there is no contact between oil and air until both have left the burner and entered the combustion chamber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout
CONT

Brûleurs à pulvérisation mécanique par force centrifuge (...) comportent une coupelle soumise à un mouvement de rotation rapide, au centre de laquelle le combustible liquide est amené. la force centrifuge projette le liquide vers les bords de la coupelle, où il est pulvérisé.

CONT

Pulvérisation par coupelle rotative. Ce système (...) consiste à amener le combustible au sommet d'un cône qui tourne à grande vitesse (5 000 tr/min) Par force centrifuge, la paroi se garnit d'un film qui s'échappe par toute la circonférence de base du cône. La pulvérisation résulte de la cassure du film et les gouttelettes sont entraînées par l'air primaire provenant d'un ventilateur solidaire de la coupelle.

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Equipment
CONT

oil burners designed to burn oils heavier than grade No. 3 fuel oil

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage (Technologie pétrolière)
CONT

Brûleurs à pétrole plus lourd que le mazout de qualité no 3

Spanish

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